Question

Sapan is a farmer who has purchased seeds called Japonica.

1. Which crop is he cultivating?
2. Briefly describe two practices that he would need to follow.

Answer 1

1. Sapan is cultivating rice. Japonica seeds are a high-yielding variety of rice seeds used in an improved rice cultivation method called the Japanese method of rice cultivation.
2. Two practices he would need to follow are:
   1. Seedlings are first prepared in specially prepared nurseries until they grow to about 20-30 cm in height.
   2. The seedlings are then carefully transplanted into well-prepared, ploughed, and manured fields at fixed spacing of about 25 cm between rows and 15 cm between plants. This spacing allows easy weeding and fertilizing. Also, manure and fertilizers are used extensively to increase yield.

This Japanese method is scientific and mechanized, giving higher yields than conventional transplantation methods.