how many type of cropping patterns is found in India ? explain all with examples
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Answer:
Three type of cropping pattern are found...
1 Mixed Cropping.. ex -Wheat +Gram..
2 Inter cropping..ex- Soyabean +Maize
3 Crop rotation..ex-maize+mustard..
Cropping Patterns and Cropping Systems in India
The Farmers chose the crops for the cultivation on the basis of the factors like Physical, Social and Economic. Sometimes they cultivate a number of crops at their farms and rotate a particular crop combination over a period. Rainfall: 75-100 cm
Soil Type: Well-drained fertile loamy and clayey loamy
Cropping System in India
The Indian agriculture is decided by the soil types and climatic parameters which determine overall agro-ecological setting for nourishment and appropriateness of a crop or set of crops for cultivation. There are three distinct crop seasons in India, namely Kharif, Rabi and Zaid. The Kharif season started with Southwest Monsoon under which the cultivation of tropical crops such as rice, cotton, jute, jowar, bajra and tur are cultivated. The Rabi season starts with the onset of winter in October-November and ends in March-April. Zaid is a short duration summer cropping season beginning after harvesting of Rabi crops. There are four cropping systems in India which is discussed below:
1. Rainy Season Cropping Systems: In this system of cropping, Rice, Sorghum, Pearl Millet (Bajra), Maize, Groundnut and Cotton are grown.
2. Winter Cropping Systems: In this system, wheat, barley and oats, sorghum and chickpea are grown.
3. Plantation and other commercial crops: Sugarcane, Tobacco, Potato, Jute, Tea, Coffee, Coconut, Rubber, Spices and condiments are important crops are grown in this system.
4. Mixed Cropping: In this system, pulses and some oilseeds are grown with maize, sorghum and pearl millet.
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Types of Cropping System in India
There are three types of cropping system followed in India which is below:
1. Mono-Cropping or Monoculture: In this system, only one crop is grown on farm land year after year.
2. Multiple-Cropping: In this system, farmers grow two or more crops on farm land in one calendar year with intensive input management practices. It includes inter-cropping, mixed-cropping and sequence cropping.
3. Inter-cropping: In this system, farmers grow two or more crops simultaneously on the same field in one calendar year.