Rainfed crops

  • Dryland crops take advantage of plants adapted to conditions of water scarcity.
  • Herbaceous crops are usually more common and make better use of space.
  • Woody crops offer shade and resistance, being ideal for dry climates.
  • Prominent examples include wheat, sunflower and olive, all useful for human consumption.

Wheat is a rainfed crop

Rainfed herbaceous crops

Oats (Avena sp)

Camelina (camelina sativa)

Barley (vulgar hordeum)

Rapeseed (Brassica)

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

Corn (zea mays)

Wheat (Triticum sp)

Woody rainfed crops

wild olive (Olea europaea var sylvestris)

Carob (Ceratonia siliqua)

Almond tree (Almond)

Date (Phoenix dactylifera)

Olive (Olea europaea)

Stone pine (Pinea pine)

Rainfed agriculture
Related article:
Dryland Agriculture: Methods, Crops, and Sustainability

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