Millets Mainly Kharif crops (require temperature of 1. Jowar is 3rd most important 1. and 1. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bajra, 25-35 degrees) food crop wrt area and Bajra: Sandy/ AP, MP Ragi) production black soil 1. Jowar: Rainfed (60-70 cm rain required) 2. Rajasthan, UP, 3. Ragi: Red/ Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana 2. Bajra and Ragi: can be grown in drier laterite regions, with rainfall of 35-50 cm (Ragi is soil 3. Ragi: Karnataka, TN, HP, especially well-suited to grow in drier regions) (Laterites Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Jharkhand soil types rich in iron (The state whose name is and mentioned first in each of the aluminium, above 3 millets is the largest formed in hot national producer of that and wet particular millet) tropical areas. Nearly all laterites a rusty-red because of iron oxides. They develop by intensive and weathering of the underlying parent rock ) Maize Mainly Kharif Food and fodder crop Old alluvial Karnataka, UP, Bihar, AP, MP 21-27 degree temp. 50-75 cm rainfall
Millets Bajra, Ragi) Mainly Kharif crops (require temperature of 25-35 degrees) 1. Jowar: Rainfed (60-70 cm rain required) 2. Bajra and Ragi: can be grown in drier regions, with rainfall of 35-50 cm (Ragi is especially well-suited to grow in drier regions) 1. Jowar is 3rd most important food crop wrt area and production 1. and Bajra: Sandy/ black soil 3. Ragi: Red/ laterite soil (Laterites soil types rich in iron and aluminium, formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites rusty-red because of iron oxides. They develop by intensive and weathering of the underlying parent rock ) 1. Maharashtra, Karnataka, AP, MP 2. Rajasthan, UP, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana 3. Ragi: Karnataka, TN, HP, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Jharkhand (The state whose name is mentioned first in each of the above 3 millets is the largest national producer of that particular millet) Maize Mainly Kharif 21-27 degree temp. 50-75 cm rainfall Food and fodder crop Old alluvial Karnataka, UP, Bihar, AP, MP a
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