Question
Download Solution PDFMaize is mainly produced in which part of Rajasthan?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Southern & South Eastern Part.
Key Points
- Maize is the main grain of Banswara district of Rajasthan.
- It is a staple food of Rajasthan, especially in the Mewar region where it is eaten with great gusto during the winter season.
- It grows optimally in red-black soils and requires high temperatures and rainfall.
- Chittorgarh, Bhilwara, Rajsamand, Banswara, Dungarpur districts etc. are the major producers of maize.
- Maize is mainly produced in Southern & South Eastern Parts of Rajasthan.
- W-126 variety of maize is sown in Rajasthan while Mahi Kanchan and Mahi Ghawal varieties of maize have been developed by Agricultural Research Center Banswara.
Additional Information
- The total area of Rajasthan is 3 lakh 42 thousand 2 hundred 39 square kilometers, which is 10.41 percent of the country.
- In Rajasthan, 11 percent of the country's area is cultivable land and the state has 50 percent gross irrigated area while 30 percent is net irrigated area.
- 60 percent area of Rajasthan is desert and 10 percent area is mountainous.
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