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3. Predominance of Food Grains


In both the Kharif(summer) and the rabi (winter) seasons, grain crops occupy the greater proportion of the cropped area. In fact, rice, maize, millets, bajra, ragi,

and pulses are the dominant crops in the kharif season, and wheat, gr am and barley occupy over three fourth of the total cropped area in the rabi season.