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Crops of Madhya Pradesh RSS Feeds
Crops of Madhya Pradesh are basically divided into three categories namely Cash Crops, Oilseeds and Food Grains
and wheat, maize, paddy are grown in abundance.
Major crops
of Madhya
Pradesh
that are
cultivated in
the region
comprise of
Paddy,
Wheat,
Maize and
Jowar
among
Cereals,
Gram, Tur,
Urad and
Moong
among
Pulses, while
Soybean,
Groundnut
and Mustard among Oilseeds. The major crops grown in this state
of Central India also includes commercial crops like cotton and Sugarcane. These two significant cash crops are grown in a
considerable area in few districts of Madhya Pradesh. Horticulture crops like Potato, Onion, Garlic, along with fruits like Papaya,
Banana, Oranges, Mango and Grapes are also grown in the state of Madhya Pradesh. In some parts of the state medicinal
crops and narcotic crops are also cultivated.
Madhya Pradesh is primarily Kharif crops growing state. Kharif crops occupy about 54.25 percent whereas Rabi crops occupy
about 45.75 percent area out of the total cropped area in the state. Near about 41 percent of the cropped area is generally
occupied by cereal crops, while pulses occupy nearly 21 percent area and oilseed occupies about 27 percent of the total sown
area. Vegetables, fruits, fodder and other horticultural crops occupy rest of around 11 percent land area. Wheat is the largest
cultivated crop of Madhya Pradesh, followed by Paddy and Jowar.
The major crops of the state are categorised into three major types and these are Food Grains, Oilseeds and Cash Crops. Some
of the major crops of Madhya Pradesh have been discussed below-
Wheat
Wheat is considered as the major crop of the state in terms of area and production. Wheat occupies the highest area under Rabi
crops. The wheat producing areas of Madhya Pradesh come under the wheat belt of the country, where about 75 cm to 127 cm Forum
rainfall occurs. Wheat is usually grown during October and November and harvested during February and March. The main
wheat growing districts of the regions are Sehore district, Vidisha district, Raisen district, Shivpuri district, Gwalior, Forum on States of India
Ujjain, Hoshangabad district, Sagar district, Tikamgarh district, Satna district , and Indore district.
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Paddy
Paddy stands second after Wheat in terms of area coverage and production. Free E-magazine
Since this crop needs about 100 cm to 125 cm rainfall, it is grown only in
the eastern part of Madhya Pradesh extensively. In other parts of the state, Subscribe to Free
where irrigation facilities are available, paddy is grown. Another significant E-Magazine on Indian
crop grown in Madhya Pradesh is rice. In this state, there are many Crafts
agricultural colleges, which are working towards the qualitative and
quantitative development of rice. About 2.50 hectares land of the state is
irrigated for the cultivation of these major crops. The irrigated area under
rice is available in Balaghat district, Jabalpur district, Gwalior district,
and Bhind district. In the eastern zone, Satna district, Rewa district,
Sidhi district, Shahdol district, Dindori district and Mandla district, in
the southern zone Balaghat district, Seoni district, in the central zone
Jabalpur, Damoh district, and in the northern zone Bhind district,
Morena district, Gwalior district and Shivpuri district are the major rice
producing areas.
Jowar
Jowar is an important crop of Madhya Pradesh. It is a crop basically grown
in the dry regions. It is grown in both Rabi and Kharif seasons. It is the
main crop of the western region of the state. Jowar is sown during the
outbreak of monsoon in between June and July and harvested in September
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and October. The climatic conditions are favourable for growing Jowar crops
in the western part of the state. The main Jowar growing districts are
Mandsaur district, Ratlam district, Ujjain, Rajgarh district, Shajapur
district, Dewas district, Indore district, Khargone, Khandwa district, Shivpuri, Morena, Gwalior, Guna District, Bhind
district, etc.
Gram
Another important crop of Madhya Pradesh is Gram, which is a
Rabi crop. Sown in the month of October, it is harvested in March.
The climate must be wet during the sowing period of Gram and
during the harvesting period the climate should be dry. In Madhya
Pradesh, different varieties of Gram are grown. The main gram
producing areas in the state are Hoshangabad, Narsinghpur,
Chhindwara district, Guna, Vidisha, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Dhar
district, Bhind, Morena, Shivpuri and Rewa districts.
Groundnut
Groundnut is Kharif crop, which is used as oilseed. The production
of groundnut in the state takes place in the Malwa plateau and
low land of Narmada valley. The state ranks sixth in production
of groundnut in India. The main groundnut growing districts are
Mandsaur, Dhar, Ratlam, Khargone, Jhabua, Betul, Chhindwara,
Ujjain, Rajgarh, and Shajapur.
Soyabean
Madhya Pradesh stands first in the production of Soyabean in India. The chief Soyabean producing districts are, Chhindwara,
Seoni, Narsinghpur, Indore, Dhar, Ujjain, Ratlam, Shajapur, Guna, Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Jhabua, Vidisha, Mandsaur, Balaghat,
Satna, Neemuch, Betul and Sheopur.
Cotton
Cotton is the second largest cash crop after soyabean in Madhya Pradesh. The main cultivation areas of cotton are Khargone,
Khandwa, Dhar, Indore, Ujjain, Dewas, Mandsaur, Ujjain, Shajapur, Ratlam, Sehore and Jhabua districts. The indigenous and
American varieties, both are grown in the state. The Regur soil or Black soil of western region of Madhya Pradesh is favourable
for the production of cotton.
Apart from the above mentioned, a range of other Crops are also cultivated in Madhya Pradesh that not only meet the local
demand for food crops but also contributes to the national output. The state government is taking adequate measures to
provide better infrastructure and irrigational facilities to enhance further cultivation.
(Last Updated on : 9/08/2011)
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