Tag: cropping systems

This research was carried out in 2016-17 at the AICRP on Integrated Farming Systems, Regional Sugarcane and Rice Research Station, Rudrur, with the goal of diversifying existing rice-rice cropping systems with less water-demanding crops for vertisols of Northern Telangana Zone under irrigated dry conditions. In a three-replication Randomized Block...

Deforestation and soil nutrient degradation are common outcomes of traditional yam-based cropping systems (shifting cultivation, slash-and-burn, and short fallow). The aim of this research was to see how yam-based systems with herbaceous legumes affected dry matter (DM) production (tubers, shoots), nutrient removal and recycling, and soil fertility changes. Traditional...