Grown between March-June between Rabi and Kharif crop seasons. Early maturing crops. Example: Cucumber, Bitter Gourd, Pumpkin, Watermelon, Muskmelon, Moong Dal etc. Categories of Crops in India The major crops can all be divided into four main categories depending on their usage. ...
Likewise, cotton is grown in the regur (black earth) soil of Maharashtra and Gujarat, while the loamy soils of western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab are ideally suited for wheat, rice and sugarcane crops. Furthermore, the land occupancy, ownership of land, size of ...
According to a new scientific research, we arerapidly going close to major climate changeand the effects on the environment could bequite serious. Geographers predictthatclimate zones could completely disappearwithin the next eighty years. Where will cropsbe grown if this happens? When the climatecha...
The objective of this chapter was to calculate water requirements for four crops: wheat, maize, rice and sugarcane grown in 17 governorates in Egypt under current climate and under the A1B climate change scenario in 2040. The BISm model was used to calculate crop coefficient water depletion fro...
Food Crops The major food crops grown in India are: Rice is grown in the east and north where there is plenty of rain and a mixture of sand, silt, and clay in the soil. Rice is a Kharif and Rabi crop.Kharifcrops are grown between July and October during the southwest monsoon season...
There are about 40 different oil seeds whose oil can be consumed but only a few are significant in the total world trade. Oil crops are grown world over under varied agroclimatic situations and are vital commodities in the trade and commerce of many economies. The increase in production has ...
The bitter almond contains a bitter glucoside (amygdalin) which readily breaks down into cyanic acid and so prevents its use as food. However, it is grown in southern Europe as a source of the oil of bitter almond, which is used after the cyanic acid is extracted, for flavouring. The ...
According to a new scientific research, we are rapidly going close to major climate change and the effects on the environment could be quite serious. Geographers predict that climate zones could completely disappear within the next eighty years. Where will crops be grown if this happens? When the...
Multi-purpose crops as maize, rice, soybean, and wheat are key in the debate concerning food, land, water and energy security and sustainability. While strong evidence exists on the effects of climate variability on the production of these crops, so far multifaceted attributes of droughts—magnitu...
called Tropical Race 4(TR4),has affected banana crops in southeast Asia for decades. In recent years, it has spread to the Middle East and the African nation of Mozambique. Now experts fear the disease will show up in Latin America, where the majority of the world's bananas are grown. ...