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Across 5. Cultivation of fruits, vegetables and other garden crops. 6. Chemical inputs used to control harmful pests in crops. 7. Fibre crop grown especially well on black cotton soil of the Deccan Plateau. 29. Jowar, 8. Short summer cropping season between rabi and kharif 10. Artificial supply of water to crops. 11. Winter cropping season in India 13. Important beverage crop and an example of plantation agriculture. 14. Rearing of silkworms for the production of silk fibre. 18. Cropping season beginning with the onset of the monsoon. 21. Primary activity that produces most of the food we consume. 22. Commercial farming in which a single crop is grown over a large area 23. Cultivation of crops and rearing of animals as an economic activity 25. Staple food crop of a majority of India's population; a kharif crop. 27. Movement in which land was donated to landless people; associated with Vinoba Bhave. 28. Natural medium whose fertility strongly affects agricultural production. 29. Important rabi cereal crop and a major food crop of north and north-western India 30. Leguminous food crops that are a major source of protein.

Down 1. Seasonal wind system on which much Indian agriculture depends. 2. Agricultural programme based on improved technology that increased crop production. 3. Type of farming that produces food mainly for the farmer's family. 4. Chemical or nutrient input added to soil to improve crop growth 9. Industrial raw material crop requiring a moist, humid climate and high rainfall. 12. Type of farming mainly aimed at producing crops for the market 15. Land-gifting movement associated with Vinoba Bhave in which villages were offered for distribution. 16. Kharif crop used as both food and fodder; needs about 21°C–27°C. 17. Tropical/subtropical crop used to produce sugar, gur, khandsari and molasses. 19. Crops such as groundnut, mustard, coconut and sunflower grown mainly for oil. 20. Golden fibre crop used for gunny bags, mats, ropes and carpets 24. Jowar, bajra and ragi are examples of these coarse grains. 26. Important beverage crop; Arabica is a major variety grown in India.