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Sustainability, productivity, profitability and nutritional diversity of six cropping systems under conservation agriculture: A long term study in eastern India

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  • Dutta, S.K.
  • Laing, Alison
  • Kumar, Sanjay
  • Shambhavi, Shweta
  • Kumar, Sunil
  • Kumar, Birender
  • Verma, D.K.
  • Kumar, Arun
  • Singh, Ravi Gopal
  • Gathala, Mahesh

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Intensive cropping and elevated input use to achieve high crop yields have resulted in the injudicious use of resources and a consequent reduction in profit margins for farmers in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) region of South Asia. In this region rice-wheat (RW) under conventional tillage (CT) management is the most widely cultivated cropping system. While conservation agriculture (CA)-based management practices have been demonstrated to improve cropping system performance, they are considered by many farmers to be risky, and adoption of CA in rice-based cropping systems is low. There has been little agronomic research into alternative cropping systems to develop diversification options appropriate for the EGP.

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  • Dutta, S.K. & Laing, Alison & Kumar, Sanjay & Shambhavi, Shweta & Kumar, Sunil & Kumar, Birender & Verma, D.K. & Kumar, Arun & Singh, Ravi Gopal & Gathala, Mahesh, 2023. "Sustainability, productivity, profitability and nutritional diversity of six cropping systems under conservation agriculture: A long term study in eastern India," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 207(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:207:y:2023:i:c:s0308521x2300046x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103641
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