Uttar Pradesh Quiz: Agriculture, Crops and Livestock of UP

Uttar Pradesh grows more sugarcane than any other state, chiefly in the western districts of Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur and Bijnor and in the Tarai belt, where deep alluvial soil, assured canal and tubewell water and a long growing season suit the crop; the state also has the largest number of…

Where many people depend on a limited area of land, as in the Ganga plain of Uttar Pradesh, holdings are small, the farmer uses a great deal of family labour and manure, irrigation is applied wherever possible and two or three crops are taken from the same field each year…

Barley is a rabi crop of northern India, sown between October and December after the monsoon and harvested in March and April along with wheat, gram, pea, lentil and mustard; it tolerates poorer and saltier soils than wheat, which is why it is grown in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan…

Mustard is a rabi oilseed, sown in October and November and harvested in February and March, and in Uttar Pradesh it is grown mainly in the Agra, Mathura and Aligarh tract; the cool dry weather of the rabi season suits it.

The Jamunapari takes its name from the Yamuna and comes from the ravine country where the Yamuna, Chambal and Kwari meet around Etawah and Chakarnagar; it is the largest Indian goat breed, recognised by its long drooping ears, roman nose and tuft of hair on the hindquarters, and it has…

The Bhadawari buffalo comes from the Bhadawar tract along the Yamuna and Chambal in Agra, Etawah and the neighbouring districts, and although its yield is modest the fat percentage of its milk is the highest among Indian buffalo breeds, which makes it valued for ghee.

The Indian Veterinary Research Institute is at Izatnagar in Bareilly district, with its older campus at Mukteswar in Uttarakhand, and it is the premier institution for veterinary research, vaccine work and animal disease control in India; the Central Avian Research Institute is on the same Izatnagar campus.

Kalanamak is a scented rice of the Tarai districts around Siddharthnagar, close to Kapilvastu, and tradition links it with the Buddha, who is said to have given the grain to the people of the region; its husk is black, the grain fragrant, and it has been registered as a geographical…

Uttar Pradesh is divided into nine agro-climatic zones so that crop advice can follow soil, rainfall and temperature rather than district boundaries.

Uttar Pradesh grows most of the Indian mint crop, concentrated in Barabanki, Rampur, Badaun, Sambhal and the neighbouring districts, and the menthol and mint oil distilled from it go largely to export, which has made mint a cash crop of the zaid and early kharif season there.