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Cropping Calendar (Definition, Objectives, importance)
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Cropping Calendar (Definition, Objectives, importance)

Musa June 6, 2018

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  • 1 Cropping Calendar (Definition, Objectives, Utility, importance, Procedure of Preparation and Types of Crop calendar)
    • 1.1 Definition of Cropping Calendar 
    • 1.2 Objectives of Cropping Calendar 
    • 1.3 Utility/Importance of Cropping Calendar 
    • 1.4 Procedure of Preparation of Cropping Calendar 
    • 1.5 Types of Crop calendar 

Cropping Calendar (Definition, Objectives, Utility, importance, Procedure of Preparation and Types of Crop calendar)

 

Definition of Cropping Calendar 

Crop calendar is the schedule of cultural operation needed in crop production with respect to time. 

Objectives of Cropping Calendar 

The main objective of a crop calendar is know in advance the timing of cultural Practices of different crops.  Other objectives are given below
 
1. To know actual time of sowing and harvesting of different crops. 2. To facilities for managing money. 

 

3. To assist in proper distribution of labour. 

4. To assist in efficient management of crops. 

5. To know the actual time for applying fertilizer and pesticides. 

6. To record the results of different agricultural practices. 

 

Utility/Importance of Cropping Calendar 

1. A crop calendar indicates the period /time at which the production Practices of each crop have to be done. 
 
2. It systematized forming and help in efficient farm management. 
 
3. It help the bankers in the distribution of loans to the farmer and realization of the loans from the farmers. 

Procedure of Preparation of Cropping Calendar 

1. To prepare a crop calendar the production Practices needed for crops are enlisted with respect to time, usually in tabular form under some main heads. e.g. land preparation, sowing/planting time, intercultural  operation, harvesting, post-harvest operation etc. 
 
2. Convenient of using of time is usually taken as a month. 
 
3. As become time of a particular operations may prolong for different month, it has to be indicated in crop calendar accordingly. 

Types of Crop calendar 

1. Tabular crop calendar. 
 
a. Descriptive 
 
b. Month wise 
  • Land preparation
  • Sowing/transplanting
  • Cultural Operation
  • Harvesting
  • Post-harvest operation
 
2. Graphical Crop calendar. 
 
a.      Horizontal 
 
b.      vertical 
 
c. Circular 
 
3. Pictorial crop calendar
 

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