1Junior Research Officer (Agronomy), GBPUAT-HREC and KVK, Jeolikot
2Professor (Agronomy), SVBPUAT, KVK, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
3Senior Research Fellow, GBPUAT-HREC and KVK, Jeolikot
4Assistant Professor (Soil Science), SVBPUAT, KVK, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
5Assistant Professor (Agronomy), SVBPUAT, KVK, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
6SMS, SVBPUAT, KVK, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
Horticulture Research and Extension Centre and Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jeolikote, Nainital, Uttarakhand 263 127
*Corresponding author Email: dkonweb@gmail.com
Online published on 6 May, 2017.
The experiment was conducted at 12 farmers’ fields during 2009–10 and 2010–11 to find out the alternate efficient cropping systems in rice (Oryza sativa L.)-wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cropping system in Garhwal Himalayas. Five cropping systems including the existing rice-wheat-fallow cropping system were tested at 12 farmers’ fields as researcher designed farmer managed trials. Highest rice-equivalent yield (26.45 t/ha) was recorded with the rice-vegetable pea (Pisum sativum L.)-vegetable Frenchbean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cropping system and it was followed by rice-Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czernj. & Cosson]-blackgram [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper] (16.0 t/ha), rice-mustard-greengram [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] (14.97 t/ha) and rice-wheat + Indian mustard-fallow (10.43 t/ha) cropping systems. Highest net returns ( 236.7 thousand/ha) was also recorded under rice-vegetable pea-vegetable Frenchbean system and it was followed by rice-Indian mustard-blackgram ( 115.5 thousand/ha), rice-Indian mustard-greengram ( 109.5 thousand/ha). The highest benefit: cost ratio (2.74) was recorded with rice-vegetable pea-vegetable Frenchbean cropping system. The highest increase in net profit over the traditional rice-wheat cropping system ( 150.8 thousand/ha) was recorded under the rice-vegetable pea-vegetable Frenchbean cropping system
Diversification, Economics, Productivity, Rice-wheat cropping system
