Crop calendar for rice

Rice crop calendar for eastern ghat highland zone

Rice is the principle food crop grown in two distinct seasons (autumn and winter rice) during wet period. Summer rice is gaining popularity in assured irrigated areas in some pockets. Khandagiri, Parijat, Anjali, Ananda, Sahabhagidhan are popular among the in drought prone areas. Early medium and medium duration varieties are recommended for medium land. CR Dhan 202, CR Dhan 205, CR Dhan 206 etc. are suitable aerobic rice for irrigated medium land. Ajaya, Rajlaxmi, Maudamani, Swarna, Pratikshya, Lalat etc are suitable under shallow low land. Indravati and Utakalprava are suitable for lowlands.