Agriculture in the Hills of Sikkim

acidity Agriculture application average barley base better brown cardamom CHAPTER climate colour common condition crop cultivation deep depending disease District dose economic effective elevation erosion essential farmers farming fertilizer field flowering fruits garden ginger give grain growing grown growth harvested hectare high yielding higher hills important improvement increase India introduced irrigation kg per hectare land leaves lime limited maize manure material method metres mixed moderately moisture months mustard nitrogen nutrients orange paddy pattern period pest plant potato practices production rain rainfall range recommended regions requires result rice roots rows season seed seedlings selected Sikkim slopes soil sowing sown soybean spraying stage sufficient suitable taken tonnes transplanted trees tubers varies varieties vegetable weeds West wheat