Presently, rice-fallows are targeted for cropping intensification in South Asia. Rice-fallows a
rainfed mono-cropping system remain fallow after rice due to lack of irrigation facilities and …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the most important crop during the kharif in the Eastern India,
covering an area of~ 26.8 million ha and accounts for~ 63.3% of the total rice acreage. Out …

Cool season food legumes like lentil, chickpea, field pea, and grass pea hold immense
promise to outperform cereals and oilseeds by thriving on residual soil moisture of rice …

The areas and production of chickpea have significantly improved in India during the last 10
years, it has been increased from 5.19 million ha in2001-02 to9. 93 million ha, in 2013-2014 …

Opportunity to utilize the carry-over residual soil moisture to produce the post rainy season
crops in rice-fallow production systems was one of the basic strategies for improving the …

ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar 800 014 mm. The climate of the
region is hot sub-humid to humid with hot summers and dry winters with intense fogs in …

Sustainable food production is at the stake due to over exploitation of the natural resources
in many parts of India. Unsustainable use of land in tillage-based conventional agricultural …

Adoption of resource conservation technologies (RCT) may improve the productivity, reduce
cost and sustainability of wheat production in the irrigated areas of eastern Indo-Gangetic …

Sustainable, profitable and resilient smallholder agriculture is the key to food and nutritional
security for the growing populations of India. There is a need to increase and diversify food …