Question

Compare the rainfall and soil requirement for rice and wheat cultivation?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Minimum 115 cm rainfall is required for paddy and Wheat requires 38 cm to 80 cm rainfall. Soils of Rice and wheat - Fertile riverside alluvial soil and podzolic alluvium soil is needed for the rice cultivation. ... Wheat farming needs less labour than Rice.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Two major cereal crops of India are – Rice and wheat

Geographical condition for growing Rice:-

Temperature — high temperature above 25° C- and high humidity.

Rainfall — Above 100 cm annually or assured irrigation

Soil — Alluvial types of soil is good

Region — Coastal region Haryana and Punjab, Bihar, W. Bengal, Orissa

Wheat :-

Temperature — It requires cool growing season and bright sunshine at the time of ripening.

Between 15°C To 30°C

Rainfall — 50 to 75 cm annual rainfall

Soil — Alluvial soil

Region — U.P., Haryana, Punjab

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