Which of the following is a zaid crop ?
Fodder
Fodder crops are grown in the zaid season — option 2.
The three cropping seasons of India.
| Season | Sown | Harvested | Typical crops |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kharif | June-July, with the onset of the monsoon | September-October | Rice, maize, jowar, bajra, cotton, groundnut, jute, sugarcane |
| Rabi | October-November | March-April | Wheat, barley, gram, peas, mustard, linseed |
| Zaid | March-April, between rabi and kharif | June | Watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber, vegetables, fodder crops |
Eliminating the other three. Gram and mustard are the classic rabi crops, sown after the monsoon and harvested in spring; cotton is a long-duration kharif crop. Only fodder is left, and fodder crops such as berseem, maize for green fodder and sorghum are indeed grown in the short summer season.
What the zaid season is like. It is a short season of about three months between the harvest of rabi and the sowing of kharif, falling in the hot, dry months before the monsoon. Because there is no rain, zaid cultivation depends almost entirely on irrigation, and it suits crops that grow fast and tolerate heat — the cucurbits, summer vegetables, and green fodder for livestock at exactly the time of year when grazing is scarcest.
Why it matters agriculturally. Zaid cropping raises the cropping intensity, the number of crops taken from the same land in a year, and so raises income per hectare. Its spread is a direct measure of the spread of assured irrigation, which is why it is much more common in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh than in rain-fed regions.
Hence, the answer is Fodder.
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