Crop calendar for rice and other crops

Beside rice, Rice-rice, rice-greengram, rice- blackgram, rice-groundnut, rice-mustard, rice-sunflower, rice-onion are major cropping systems followed in the region. Climatic condition, soil type, water resources, availability energy for agriculture and demand of inhabitants influences the crop and cropping pattern of the region.
Major abiotic stress like drought, cyclone and floods which influences the sowing time, methods of crop establishment and cropping sequence under a particular production system. influences the cropping pattern, crop planning and production in the region.
Selection of suitable early/ medium duration rice varieties and appropriate time of planting and crop establishment method ensures higher cropping intensity. Proper selection of crop and ideal sowing time are key factor for better utilization of precise natural resources for enhancing crop production without degrading the ecology. Different crop establishment methods also influence the sowing window which ultimately decides the cropping pattern. Based on the ecology, safe crop growing period and suitable rabi crops the crop calendar of different cropping systems of agro-climatic zone are given sub category of rainfed and irrigated.