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which are the rabi crops, kharif crops, zaid crop?

Rabi crops
The crops sown at the beginning of cold season  October to December are known as rabi crops. These crops are harvested at the beginning of the warm season that is March-April. The rabi crops include wheat, gram, barley, potato and some oil seeds like linseed, rapeseed and mustard etc.

Kharif crops
The crops sown at the beginning of the South-west monsoon. that is June- July every year are called kharif crops. These crops are harvested at the end of the same season, that is September, October. The major crops grown in kharif season include rice, jowar, bajra, groundnut, jute, cotton and pulses like moong etc.

Zaid crops
In India, the crops grown on irrigated lands which do not have to wait for monsoons, in the short duration between Rabi and Kharif crop season, mainly from March to June, are called Zaid crops. Examples- Musk-melon, Water-melon, gourd, etc.


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