Paddy Plantation

 

 Paddy Plantation

            As the rain start the farmers become busy in their business that is paddy plantation in their fields. Paddy is derived from Indonesian word Pady, which means rice plant, generally paddy is planted twice in a year in the most of the places in India which are known by Rabi and Kharif crop respectively. Rabi is depending upon irrigation but the Kharif crop is depended on monsoon. So as the much awaited monsoon arrived a bit late bringing cheers on the faces of the farmers and they started paddy plantations everywhere. So far paddy transplant is concern its seedlings are cultivated in some nurseries and after a period of 40 days when the seedling become ready they are transplanted in big fields. But in some region it is directly sown in the fields. But directly sown seedlings produce less yields than the planted seedlings which are needed utmost attention and maintenances.

            Paddy cultivation start generally from May to August months of every year but it also depends upon pattern of the monsoon and the time also varies in some of the states. Paddy cultivation is done in small level of flooded fields Southern and Eastern Asia. The most popular cultivation is wet rice farming in the far East states where small piece of land require and the yields is sufficient enough to feed the majority of the rural population.

            The plant has of many different variations but is short living for a period of 3 to 7 months depending upon varieties and climate of that place. Paddies are not considered as water plants but for cultivatation sufficient level of water is required. The traditional rice verities take about 160 to 200 days to mature but the improved verities take about 110 to 130 days. As the rice paddy requires enough water for its farming so it is sown during monsoon season.

            Rice planting is typically cultivated in India, in some distinct habitats such as coastal lowlands, deep water areas, rain fed lowlands, rain fed uplands, irrigated Khari and irrigated Rabi. Rice is an important food in India and West Bengal is the largest producing state, beside Odisha,Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra and now recently Punjab and Harayana also added in the list. So far largest rice producing country India comes 2^nd and China 1^st in it.

Text and Photo by- Ashok Karan,

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