What is sowing?Explain a traditional and modern method of sowing.

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Sowing is the process of planting the seeds in the soil. Following are the methods of sowing:

Traditional method of sowing: It include the tools such as plough and dropping seeds by hand, known as 'Kera', and dropping seeds in the furrow through a bamboo/metal funnel attached to a country plough (Pora).
Modern methods of sowing: It includes methods like broadcasting, dibbling, line sowing etc.

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Sowing :- Sowing is the process of placing seeds in the soil.

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Sowing is the process of planting seeds. An area or object that has had seeds planted will be described as being sowed.
Methods of sowing:-
1. Broad casting  :- It is the scattering of seeds by hand all over the prepared field followed by covering with wooden plank or harrow for contact of seed with soil. Crops like wheat, paddy, Sesamum, methi, coriander, etc. are sown by this method.
2. Broad or Line sowing     :- It is the dropping of seeds into the soil with the help of implement such as mogha, seed drill, seed cum ferti driller or mechanical seed drill and then the seeds are covered by wooden plank or harrow to have contact between seed & soil. Crops like Jowar, wheat Bajra, etc. are sown by this method.  
3. Dibbling   :- It is the placing or dibbling of seeds at cross marks (+) made in the field with the help of maker as per the requirement of the crop in both the directions. It is done manually by dibbler. This method is followed in crops like Groundnut, Castor, and Hy. Cotton, etc. which are having bold size and high value.
4. Transplanting   :- It is the raising of seedlings on nursery beds and transplanting of seedlings in the laid out field. For this, seedlings are allowed to grow on nursery beds for about 3-5 weeks. Beds are watered one day before the transplanting of nursery to prevent jerk to the roots. The field is irrigated before actual transplanting to get the seedlings established early & quickly which reduce the mortality. Besides the advantages & disadvantages of dibbling method, initial cost of cultivation of crop can be saved but requires due care in the nursery. This method is followed in crops like paddy, fruit, vegetable, crops, tobacco, etc.
5. Planting    :-  It is the placing of vegetative part of crops which are vegetatively propagated in the laid out field. E.g.: Tubers of Potato, mother sets of ginger & turmeric, cuttings of sweet potato & grapes, sets of sugarcane.  
6. Putting seeds behind the plough   :- It is dropping of seeds behind the plough in the furrow with the help of manual labour by hand. This method is followed for crops like  grams  in some areas for better utilisation of soil moisture. The seeds are covered by successive furrow opened by the plough. This method is not commonly followed for sowing of the crops.
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thnx @sandesh yadav and @Adhya Gupta.But whuch r the traditional n modern methods?
 
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