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What are the varieties of rice in India?

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Rice is a tropical crop and has about 3,000 varieties that are grown in different agro-climatic regions from sea level to about 2,000 m altitude and from humid areas in eastern India to dry but irrigated areas of the west. In southern states and West Bengal two to three crops of rice in an agricultural year. In West Bengal farmers grow three crops of rice called .aus., .aman. and .boro.. In Himalayas and northwestern parts of the country, it is grown as a kharif crop during southwest Monsoon season.
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