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Choosing the Crops (Groupwise) based on Water Needs

As part of our Agriculture for Everybody  blog series, we are going to see how to select the Crops (Groupwise) based on Water Needs. The Data provided below will help the farmers choose the crops based on the water availability.  The data has been grouped together for easy understanding. Cereals High Water Requiring Medium Water Requiring Low Water Requiring Rice  (1100-1250 mm) Wheat  (450-650 mm) Fibre Crops High Water Requiring Medium Water Requiring Low Water Requiring Jute Cotton  (550-600 mm) Agave Flower Crops High Water Requiring Medium Water Requiring Low Water Requiring Anthurium Carnation China Aster Chrysanthemum Crossandra Cut Chrysanthemum Cut Rose Dendrobium Orchid Gerbera Gladious Golden Rod Jathimalli (Pitchi) Lilium Malligai Marigold Maruvu Mullai Nerium Rose Tuberose Forage Crops High Water Requiring Medium Water Requiring Low Water Requiring Cumbu Napier Deenanath Grass Fodder Cholam Fodder Cowpea Fodder Cumbu Fodder Maize Guinea...