Multiple Cropping


 
 
Concept Explanation
 

Multiple Cropping

Ways to Grow More from the Same Land: Some of the ways through which farmers grow more from the same land are

Multiple Cropping: All land is cultivated in Palampur; no land is left idle. To increase production from the same piece of land, farmers multiple cropping, i.e., they grow more than one crop piece of land during the year. Multiple cropping is the most common way of increasing production.

During the rainy season (Kharif), farmers grow jowar bajra, which are used as cattle feed. Kharif cultivation is followed by potato cultivation in the months of October to December as the third crop. During the winter season(Rabi) farmers sow wheat. From the produced wheat, farmers keep enough wheat for their family’s consumption and sell the rest of the wheat in the market at Raiganj.

A part of the land is also devoted to sugarcane production which is harvested once every year. Sugarcane, in its raw form or as jaggery, is sold to traders in Shahpur.

Reason Behind Successful Multiple Cropping: The village of Palampur has a well-developed system of irrigation. Availability of electricity is the main behind the developed system of irrigation. Persian wheels that irrigated small fields through wells are replaced by tubewells. In the beginning, a few tubewells were installed by government; after that, farmers started setting up tubewells. Due to this, by mid-1970s, the entire cultivated - area of 200 hectares in the village was brought irrigation.

 
 


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