How many cropping seasons are found in India? Name them and write a short note on each.
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Answer
There are three types of cropping seasons in India, as:
Rabi season: The crops of this season 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. North and northwestern states such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh are important producers of rabi crops. The success of the Green Revolution in Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and parts of Rajasthan has helped in the growth of rabi crops.
Kharif season: The crops of this season are grown with the onset of monsoon and harvested in September October. Important crops grown during this season are rice (paddy), maize, jowar, bajra, tur (arhar), moong, urad, cotton, jute, groundnut and soyabean. Some of the most important producers of Kharif are Assam, West Bengal, coastal regions of Odisha, the Konkan coast, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. In states like Assam, West Bengal and Odisha, three crops of paddy are grown in a year. These are Aus, Aman and Boro.
Zaid season: This season comes in between the rabi and the kharif seasons. This is a short season during the summer months. Some of the crops produced during zaid are watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber, vegetables and fodder crops.
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