Rabi crop
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Rabi crops or Rabi harvest (Hindi: रबी, Urdu: رَبِیع, Punjabi: ਰੱਬੀ) refers to agricultural crops sown in autumn and harvested in the winter season. The term is derived from the Arabic word for "spring", which is used in the Indian Subcontinent.[1]
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The exact timing of the Rabi crop varies with the latitude and is influenced by the withdrawal of the monsoon, therefore it can be anywhere from September to April. Depending on the region, certain crops such as wheat, barley, peas, gram and mustard are better suited for growth during this season.
Crops planted during the rainy season and ready for harvest in autumn are termed as "kharif". Apart from these two major growing seasons, there are other intermediate cropping cycles that include the Zaid or summer crop.[2]
[edit] Some rabi crops
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[edit] References
- ^ Balfour, Edward (1885). The Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia (3 ed.). London: Bernard Quaritch. p. 331. http://www.archive.org/stream/cyclopindiaeast03balfuoft#page/331/mode/1up.
- ^ Vasant Gowariker, V. N. Krishnamurthy, Sudha Gowariker, Manik Dhanorkar, Kalyani Paranjape, Norman Borlaug (2009). The Fertilizer Encyclopedia. John Wiley and Sons. p. 767.
[edit] External links
- Agriculture in India
- E2kB Farming - Rabi, Kharif and Zayad Crops - Animal Husbandry - Fishery
- Location
- India: 2003/04 Rabi Crop Assessment, US Department of Agriculture
- Pakistan Agriculture Information
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