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CROPPING SEASONS IN INDIA              

26th January, 2022 Agriculture

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Context

  • Unseasonal rains and hail affect Rabi crops in North India.

 

About

  • India has three cropping seasons — Rabi, Kharif and Zaid.
  • Rabi season contributes nearly 50% of the food grain production in India.
  • Note: India is the world's largest producer of milk, pulses and jute, and ranks as the second largest producer of rice, wheat, sugarcane, groundnut, vegetables, fruit and cotton.

 

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/unseasonal-rains-and-hail-affect-rabi-crops-in-north-india/articleshow/89076956.cms