AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION - AGRICULTURAL SEASONS

As in other parts of the State, in Nasik district there are two seasons in which different crops are harvested, They are kharif and. rabi. An early or rain crop is styled as kharif and the crop taken in cold weather season is called rabi, and is also known as dry crop. The important kharif crops are rice. bajri, ragi, groundnut, tur and cotton, while crops grown in rabi season are wheat, gram and jowar. Jowar is grown in both seasons. However, it is grown on a large scale in the rabi season in the district.

But the district has much more area under kharif crop than under rabi. There are also local variations. Dindori taluka has larger area under rabi crops. In Nasik and Niphad talukas the proportions of areas under kharif and rabi are equal. However, in all the remaining talukas kharif crops are dominant.

It is to be noted that sugarcane is a perennial crop and is mainly concentrated in the eastern talukas.