Preparation of Crop Calendar on Mangalbari Town under Matiali Block, Jalpaiguri District
Abstract
The crop calendar in a single word is time-table providing periodical information of sowing, growing and harvesting of different crops in relation to the climatic conditions of a particular area in advance. It also enhances the crop productivity and determines the appropriate distribution of labor, application of manures in the field as well as the wholesome development of the agronomy of a specific area. The present work is an effort to highlight the present pattern of agricultural practice as well as to identify different types of crops are produced in the Mangalbari town of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The investigation also focuses on the assessment of crop combination, crop specialization & crop diversification in the study area to end with the preparation of crop calendar. The entire work concludes with précised suggestive measure for the development of agronomy in the area.
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Introduction
'Crop Calendar' is a tool as well as a completion of work that provides timely information about seeds to promote local crop production. This tool contains information on planting, sowing, and harvesting menses of locally adapted crops in particular agro-ecological zones. It also provides information on the sowing rate of seeds and planting equipment, and the staple agricultural practices. This work supports many cultivators and agricultural extensionists across the world in taking correct decisions on crops and their sowing periods, respecting the agro-ecological dimensions. It also provides a solid base for emergency planning of the exoneration of farming systems after disasters.
The present paper is an attempt to study the pattern of the agricultural practices as well as the differential production varieties in the area under review. In addition to that, it highlights on the duration of crops along with their sowing and harvesting point of time organizing in a particular schedulei.e. Crop Calendar.