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How do I plan a full year crop calendar across kharif, rabi and zaid?
YYogendra Tomar7 महीने पहले · 297 व्यू
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🌾Farmer.in Krishi Teamविशेषज्ञ ✓7 महीने पहले
A year round calendar plans all three seasons together so the land earns through the year and one season's crop sets up the next, instead of planning each crop in isolation. Start with your main kharif crop based on the monsoon, then a rabi crop that follows it well, and if water allows, a short zaid crop in the summer gap. A common irrigated example in North India is a kharif crop like rice, maize or cotton, then a rabi crop like wheat, mustard or chickpea, then a quick summer moong or vegetable in zaid before the next kharif. The keys are timing, so each crop is harvested in time to sow the next, soil health, so you fit a legume in the cycle and return residue, and water, so you do not plan more thirsty crops than your water can support. Building a legume and varying the families across the year keeps pests and soil problems down. Plan the sowing and harvest dates backwards from each season so nothing clashes. Draw the calendar for your exact soil, water and district with your KVK and adjust it as the monsoon and prices unfold.
RRakesh Sharma7 महीने पहले
Once I planned all three seasons on one sheet, my field stopped sitting empty between crops. The summer moong was pure bonus income I used to miss every year.
VVipin Chaudhary6 महीने पहले
Timing is everything. One year my rabi crop got delayed because kharif harvest ran late, and the whole calendar slipped. Choose durations that leave a buffer between seasons.
NNaveen Rana6 महीने पहले
I fit a legume into the year every cycle as the expert says. The chickpea or moong somewhere in the calendar keeps my soil from getting tired with continuous cereals.