Describe the cultivation of maize crop.

Maize is the second largest Kharif crop. The cultivation of maize requires nitrogen-rich soil.

Maize grows well in areas where temperature ranges from 12-35 centigrade and receive rainfall between 50-100 centimetres.

Maize is used as a raw material in starch and glucose manufacturing industries and hence it is a commercial crop. India ranks tenth in maize production.

Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh contribute 60 per cent of maize production in the country. In Rajasthan, maize is grown in the areas of Kota, Bundi, Bara, Jhalawar, Udaipur, Chittor, Banswara, Ajmer, Ganganagar, and Hanumangarh. Even though maize is grown in many of the states, the production is still insufficient.