Explanation:

Seasonal pattern:India has three major crop seasons.
(i) Kharif season starts with the onset of monsoons and continues till the beginning of winter. Major crops of this season are rice, maize, jowar, bajra, cotton, sesamum, groundnut and pulses such as moong, urad, etc.
(ii) Rabi season starts at the beginning of winter and continues till the end of winter or beginning of summer. Major crops of this season are wheat, barley, jowar, gram and oil seeds such as linseed, rape and mustard.
(iii) Zaid is summer cropping season in which crops like rice, maize, groundnut, vegetables and fruits are grown. Now some varieties of pulses have been evolved which can be successfully grown in summer.
Small Landholdings:
More than 80% of India’s farmers are small and marginalized with less than 1 hectare of land.
Note: Gross area under agriculture in India is one of the highest in India in terms of percentage. More than 50% of India’s area is under agriculture.