Difference between kharif and rabi crops
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Rabi Crops - Rabi crops or Rabi harvest are agricultural crops sown in winter and harvested in the spring in the South Asia. It is also known as winter crop.
The rabi crops are sown around mid-November, after the monsoon rains are over, and harvesting begins in April/May.
Examples – Wheat, Mustard, Pea, Sesame, Barley and Gram.
Kharif Crops - Kharif crops or monsoon crops are domesticated plants cultivated and harvested during the rainy (monsoon) season in the South Asia, which lasts between April and October depending on the area
Kharif crops are usually sown with the beginning of the first rains in July, during the south-west monsoon season. These crops are dependent on the quantity of rain water as well its timing. Too much, too little or at wrong time may lay waste the crops.
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Kharif crops are the crops which are sown at the beginning of the rainy season, e.g. between April and May. Rabi crops are the crops that are sown at the end of monsoon or at the beginning of winter season, e.g. between September and October. Major Rabi crops are wheat, gram, peas, barley etc.