The Trans Ganga Plain consists of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh and Ganganagar district of Rajasthan.
The climate has semiarid characteristics with July month’s temperature between 26°C and 42°C, January temperature ranging from 7°C to 22°C and average annual rainfall between 70 cm and 125 cm. Private tube wells and canals provide principal means of irrigation. Important crops include wheat, sugarcane, cotton, rice, gram, maize, millets, pulses and oilseeds etc.
The region has the credit of introducing Green Revolution in the country and has adopted modern methods of farming with greater degree of mechanisation. The region is also facing the menacing problem of water logging, salinity, alkalinity, soil erosion and falling water table.
The suggested strategies include : (a) diversion of 5 per cent of rice-wheat area to other crops like maize, pulses, oilseeds and fodder, (b) development of genotypes of rice, maize and wheat with inbuilt resistance to pests and diseases, (c) promotion of horticulture besides pulses like tur and peas in upland conditions, (d) cultivation of vegetables in the vicinity of industrial clusters, (e) supply of quality seeds of vegetables and planting material for horticulture crops, (f) development of infrastructure of transit godowns and processing to handle additional fruit and vegetable production, (g) implementation of policy and programmes to increase productivity of milk and wool, and (h) development of high quality fodder crops and animal feed by stepping up area under fodder production by 10percent(Wadi 1996, p. 100).