QUESTION- What is the other name of ‘National Conference on Agriculture for Summer Campaign?
(a) Rabi Conference
(b) Zaid Conference
(c) Kharif Conference
(d) Cash Crop Conference
ANS-b
RELATED FACTS-
- Recently, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has conducted the 4th National Conference on Agriculture for Summer Campaign 2021-22
- He emphasised upon the production of zaid crops.
- Zaid or summer crops are grown in the short season between kharif and rabi crops,between march and july
- These crops are mostly grown on irrigated lands and therefore, the farmers do not wait for the monsoon.
- Area under cultivation of zaid crops including rice has increased progressively 2.7 times from 29.71 lakh hectares in 2017-18 to 46 lakh hectares in 2020-21.
- Zaid season crops: Paddy, corn; pumpkin, cucumber, tomato; almonds, peanuts, cashews; Gram, lentil, etc
BY – Akash Singh
Reference- https://agricoop.nic.in/sites/default/files/Minutes-07-Feb-2020%20_0.pdf