Chapter : 3. Agriculture
Millets
3. Millets :
Features :
1. Jowar, bajara and ragi are important millets grown in India.
2. It is the common name for several species of the grass family.
3. It is known as coarse grain.
4. They have very high nutritional value.
Jowar :
(a) It is third important food crop of India.
(b) It is a rain fed crop which can be grown in the arid areas.
(c) It needs less irrigation.
(d) Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh are the leading producer of Jowar.
Bajara :
(a) It is a dry crop.
(b) It grows well in sandy and shallow black soil.
(c) Rajasthan is the largest producer of Bajara.
(e) Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Haryana are other state.
Ragi :
(a) It is a crop of dry regions.
(b) It grows well on red, black, sandy, loamy and shallow black soil.
(c) It is very rich in iron, calcium and roughage.
(d) Karnataka is the largest producer of ragi followed by Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Jharkhand and Arunachal Pradesh.
Maize :
1. It is also a coarse grain.
2. It is used both as food and fodder crop. It is a Kharif crop.
3. Temperature : 21ºC to 27ºC, Soil : old alluvial soil.
4. Major producing state : Karnataka, U.P., Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, M.P.
5. In Bihar it is grown in rabi-season.
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