Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The agricultural season in South Asia in which monsoon rains are prevalent, with crops sown in June and July and harvested in September and October.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"The efforts by farmers and the states to boost production during the rabi (winter) season in 2009-10 after the drought adversely affected the kharif (summer) crop are significant," said Mr. Basu, who led the government's drought-control measures in his previous job.
Early Signs Suggest Normal India Monsoon Banikinkar Pattanayak 2010
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"The bigger decline would come only around October when the kharif crop (summer crop) is harvested and would boost agricultural output."
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"The efforts by farmers and the states to boost production during the rabi (winter) season in 2009-10 after the drought adversely affected the kharif (summer) crop are significant," said Mr. Basu, who led the government's drought-control measures in his previous job.
Early Signs Suggest Normal India Monsoon Banikinkar Pattanayak 2010
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"The efforts by farmers and the states to boost production during the rabi (winter) season in 2009-10 after the drought adversely affected the kharif (summer) crop are significant," said Mr. Basu, who led the government's drought-control measures in his previous job.
Early Signs Suggest Normal India Monsoon Banikinkar Pattanayak 2010
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The kharif planting season (April-July) accounts for 54% of India's cultivable cropland of 260 million hectares; the rabi season (September-November) accounts for the rest.
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"The fear is that half the country will be affected by drought," he adds, noting that if rains don't arrive by end-July, "the kharif [crop] is gone."
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"We need to be aware of the possibility that reduced production of kharif (summer-sown) crops in the current year may have an inflationary impact on prices of food items in the coming months," Mr. Singh said at a special meeting of federal and provincial officials earlier this week.
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Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, which collectively produce almost half of the country's kharif foodgrain and rice production, were the worst hit provinces, Crisil added.
Crisil: Weak Monsoon Likely to Hurt India's Economic Growth 2009
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Worse, the forecast for the next 10 days, crucial for the sowing of the kharif crop, says the region can expect scanty rain at best.
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Had the rainfall weakened during this peak sowing season (June-July) for kharif crops, it was bound to have put pressure on the incomes of rural households.
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