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Question
What are the conditions necessary for growing millets?
Or
Why millets are called a ‘dry crop’?
Solution
Millets are dry crops and they can thrive even in areas with an average rainfall of 50 to 120 cm and a normal temperature ranges between 27°C to 32°C. Even inferior alluvial soils prove suitable for their production. Cultivation of millets is, therefore, more prevalent on the plateau region than on the northern plains.
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