Question

Explain the features of three types of cropping seasons in india

Answer 1

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India has three cropping seasons:- (1) Rabi (2) Kharif and (3) Zaid

(1) Rabi crops: - Shown in winter from October to December. - Harvest in summer from April to June. - Main crop-wheat, barley, peas, gram, mustard.

(2) Kharif crops: - Grown with the onset of monsoon in different parts of the country.The kharif crops include rice, maize, sorghum, pearl millet/bajra, finger millet/ragi

(3) Zaid-this season is in the months of March to July.

Some examples of Zaid types of crops are pumpkin, cucumber, bitter ground.

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Answer 2

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Explanation:

Crops sown in winters and harvested in summers.

Some of the important rabi crops are wheat, barley, peas, gram and mustard.

States growing rabi crops are: Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

Kharif season:

Crops grown with the onset of monsoons and harvested in September or October.

Important Kharif growing states are: Assam, West Bengal, coastal regions of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra.

Crops grown during this season are: rice, maize, jowar, bajra, tur, moong, urad, cotton, jute, groundnut and soyabean.

Zaid season:

It falls in between the rabi and kharif seasons.

It’s a short season during the summer months.

Major crops grown are: watermelon, muskmelon, cucumbers, vegetables and fodder crops