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widespread (31.7%), followed by zinc (27.3%), boron (20.6%), manganese (15.8%), iron
(15.6%) and copper (2.8%).
Crops and cropping systems
The main crops grown are rice, maize, pigeon pea, sorghum, pearl millet, moong beans during
Kharif and wheat, Bengal gram, green peas, rapeseed and mustard and lentil during Rabi season.
Rice–wheat cropping system is more predominant. The important cash crops of the region are
sugarcane, potato, tobacco, chillies, turmeric and coriander with supplemental irrigation.
Fertilizer consumption
Total consumption of N, P 2O 5 and K 2O was 28,90,094, 11,33,512 and 2,37,507 tonnes,
respectively in 2016-17. Whereas, consumption of ZnSO 4 was 13,914 and 9,276 tonnes in Kharif
and Rabi season, respectively.
