Cropping Seasons
Rabi Season
Rabi Season
- Rabi crops are sown in winter from October to December and harvested in March and April.
- Wheat barley peas, gram and mustard are important rabi crops.
- Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir are the major producers of rabi crops.
- Availability of precipitation during winter months due to the western disturbances helps in the success of these crops.
- The green revolution in Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and parts of Rajasthan has also been an important factor in the development of rabi crop cultivation.
- Kharif crops are grown with the onset of monsoon in june and july and harvested in September and October.
- Paddy, maize, jowar, bajra, tur moong, urad, cotton, jute, groundnut, and soya-bean are important crops.
- The most important rice growing regions are Assam, West Bengal, coastal regions of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra, particularly the Konkan Coast along with Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
- Recently, paddy has also become an important crop of Punjab and Haryana.
- In the states like Assam, West Bengal and Orissa, three crops of paddy namely -Aus Aman and Boro are grown in a year.
Zaid Season
- In between the rabi and kharrif seasons, there is a short season during the summer months known as Zaid season.
- Some of the crops produced during the zaid season are watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber, vegetables and fodder crops. Sugarcane takes almost a year to grow.
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