Which one of the following crops is ideal for dryland farming?

Moong

The correct answer is Option (2) → Moong

• Dryland farming is practiced in areas with less than 75 cm annual rainfall. It is suitable for drought-resistant and hardy crops like millets, pulses (moong, gram, tur), and oilseeds.

• Sugarcane, rice, and coffee require high rainfall or irrigation, so they are not ideal for dryland farming.

Thus, the ideal crop for dryland farming is Moong.

"Rainfed farming is further classified on the basis of adequacy of soil moisture during cropping season into dryland and wetland farming. In India, the dryland farming is largely confined to the regions having annual rainfall less than 75 cm. These regions grow hardy and drought resistant crops such as ragi, bajra, moong, gram and guar (fodder crops) and practise various measures of soil moisture conservation and rain water harvesting. In wetland farming, the rainfall is in excess of soil moisture requirement of plants during rainy season. Such regions may face flood and soil erosion hazards. These areas grow various water intensive crops such as rice, jute and sugarcane and practise aquaculture in the fresh water bodies".