Question

What are the three cropping seasons of india? Explain each in brief?​

Answer 1

India has three cropping seasons — rabi, kharif and zaid.

Rabi crops are sown in winter from October to December and harvested in summer from April to June.

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

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Answer 2

Answer:

Rabi season:

. 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.