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Remote Sensing
Crop seasons in Pakistan: Rabi and Kharif
Sep 2, 2015 - A new amendment
Crops
(no. 3) was signed by USDA and
There are two main crop growing seasons in FAO to formalize a no-cost
Crop Masks
Pakistan. The winter crops (Rabi meaning spring) extension of the project
GCP/PAK/125/USA from Oct 1,
Land Cover are sown during October-December and are
2015 to Sep 30, 2016.
harvested during March-April. The sowing season of
Market Outlook Pakistan
summer crops (Kharif meaning autumn) is generally
RECENT UPDATES
longer. It starts in February for sugarcane, March-May
BULLETINS AN D REPORTS for cotton, June-July for rice and July-August for Aug 8, 2016. E-bulletin 11,
maize crop. The harvesting of these crops starts in Apr-Jun 2016.

CASE STUDIES September and continues up to December with

Aug 5, 2016. E-learning
exception of sugarcane that can proceed up to March
courses on agriculture
or even beyond. The planting of orchards and other monitoring and statistics.
CAPACITY D EVELOPMENT
trees is carried out in spring (February-March) or
during monsoon (July-August). The wheat, cotton, Aug 5, 2016. FAO's
DOCUMENTS rice, sugarcane and maize occupy the main cropped ECONET approach and land
land and are categorized as major crops. The cover change in Pakistan.

NEWS / EVENTS remaining crops are categorized as minor crops, because these are grown on smaller areas. Here is
Aug 5, 2016. Training on
the crop calendar.
Carbon Sequestration.

Rabi crops or Rabi harvest refers to agricultural crops sown in autumn

Aug 5, 2016. CRS Punjab
and harvested in the winter season. The exact timing of the Rabi crop bulletins Apr 2016.
varies with the latitude and is influenced by the withdrawal of the
monsoon, therefore it can be anywhere from September to April. Apr 22, 2016. Cotton Production
Depending on the region, certain crops such as wheat, barley, peas, & Analytics.
gram and mustard are better suited for growth during this season.
Major Rabi crop in Pakistan is wheat. Mar 1, 2016. Testing Sentinel-2
images for crop monitoring in
Pakistan.
Crop Estimates/Reports

Feb 20, 2016. Crop Information

2014-15 Wheat Crop Estimates
Portal training.

Kharif crop refers to the planting, cultivation and harvesting of any

Jan 20, 2016. Sugarcane
domesticated plant sown in the rainy (monsoon) season on the Asian Production & Analytics.
subcontinent. Such crops are planted for autumn harvest and may also
be called the summer or monsoon crop in India and Pakistan. Kharif Jan 20, 2016. Training on REDD+
crops are usually sown with the beginning of the first rains in July, Technology for Forest
Department Officers of Punjab.
during the south-west monsoon season. In Pakistan the Kharif season
starts on April 16th and lasts until October 15th. Main Kharif crops are
Oct 29, 2014. Agriculture
cotton, sugarcane, rice, maize. Information System project: roll-
out workshop.
Crop Estimates/Reports
Aug 13, 2015. RS/GIS Training in
Rice Production & Analytics Forest Management, Lahore, 4-8
May 2015.
Sugarcane Production & Analytics
EXTERNAL RESOURCES
Cotton Production & Analytics 2015-16
FAO Pakistan website >>>>
Forum: "Pakistan Agriculture
Sector". >>>>
SUPARCO, the National Space
Agency of Pakistan >>>>
Government of Sindh: Agriculture
Department >>>>
Agri Punjab >>>>

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