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In our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series, we are going to see how to choose the Right Variety within a Crop. Once we have decided on the Crop, the next step will be to decide on a variety in that particular crop. The following are some of the factors to decide on the variety:- End Usage Diversity in Varieties Time Diversity End Usage  - The meaning of End Usage is different for different crops.  I am giving an example of 2 crops here. Coconut Tree Coconuts are directly consumed which we call as Tender Coconut Coconuts are used in Cooking for Chutney Paste etc Coconuts are used as Oil for Cooking as well as for Hair Mango Tree Mangoes are used in Cooking Mangoes can be directly consumed ( Table Top ) Mangoes are made as Juice ( Pulp ) and sold by big companies So, the ideas is to decide which segment are we focusing.  Do we want to focus on a single segment or do we want to focus on multiple segments? Diversity in Varieties - The fact of the matter is differ...

In our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series, we are going to see how to choose the Right Crop. The following are some of the important parameters to consider for identifying or narrowing down to the right crop. It does not mean these factors alone will be be sufficient but can give you a headstart in finalzing the crop. Please note that the mention of crops includes everything (Plants, Animals etc). The basic parameters are:- Land Bank Soil Type Water Availability Gestation Period Net Profit Land Bank means the available land on hand.  This is a very important parameter as this will decide the scale of operations. Soil Type will help to decide the Crops that can be grown in that land. Water Availability - Helps you to identify the Crops based on the water resources available. Gestation Period - How much time you will have to wait before you can start your harvest? Net Profit - When there are multiple choices available considering the first four parameters, this...