Editing Thar Desert (section)

===Agriculture===
The Thar is one of the most heavily populated desert areas in the world with the main occupations of its inhabitants being agriculture and animal husbandry.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Raza |first1=Fawwad |title=Modern Agriculture Techniques in the Desert of THAR - Scientia Magazine |url=https://scientiamag.org/modern-agriculture-techniques-in-the-desert-of-thar/ |access-date=1 November 2024 |date=31 March 2021}}</ref>

Agricultural production is mainly from [[kharif crops]], which are grown in the summer season and seeded in June and July. These are then harvested in September and October and include [[Pearl millet|bajra]], [[pulses]] such as [[guar]], [[jowar]] (''[[Sorghum vulgare]]''), maize (''[[zea mays]]''), [[sesame]] and [[Bambara groundnut|groundnuts]].

The Thar region of Rajasthan is a major opium production and consumption area.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://main.icmr.nic.in/sites/default/files/icmr_bulletins/bulljan-mar08.pdf |title=ICMR Bulletin vol.38, No.1-3, Pattern and Process of Drug and Alcohol Use in India |access-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328054240/https://main.icmr.nic.in/sites/default/files/icmr_bulletins/bulljan-mar08.pdf |archive-date=28 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/will-rajasthan-opium-farmers-vote-for-change-1401355-2018-12-03 |title=Will Rajasthan opium farmers vote for change? |access-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510113738/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/will-rajasthan-opium-farmers-vote-for-change-1401355-2018-12-03 |archive-date=10 May 2022}}</ref>
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|File:Grain millet, early grain fill, Tifton, 7-3-02.jpg|Bajra is the main [[kharif crop]] in Thar.
|File:4 KLM Mustard.jpg|Mustard fields in a village of Shri Ganganagar district (Rajasthan, India).
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