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Rice Intercropping

The document discusses rice-based cropping systems commonly practiced in India, including: 1) Mixed varietal cropping of rice, 2) Intercropping rice with other crops like maize or millets, 3) Relay cropping by sowing succeeding crops in maturing rice fields. It also discusses 4) Sequential cropping before or after rice, and 5) Integrated farming systems combining rice with fish or poultry. Specific cropping patterns used in different regions are provided as examples.

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Rice Intercropping

The document discusses rice-based cropping systems commonly practiced in India, including: 1) Mixed varietal cropping of rice, 2) Intercropping rice with other crops like maize or millets, 3) Relay cropping by sowing succeeding crops in maturing rice fields. It also discusses 4) Sequential cropping before or after rice, and 5) Integrated farming systems combining rice with fish or poultry. Specific cropping patterns used in different regions are provided as examples.

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INTER AND

SEQUENTIAL
CROPPING
(CROP
ROTATION) IN
RICE

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RICE BASED CROPPING SYSTEMS IN INDIA

 In rice growing areas several crop combinations (cropping


systems) are in practice based on agro-ecological conditions,
market and domestic needs and facilities available with
farmers, some of the most prominent ones are being discussed
under:

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1. Mixed varietal cropping of rice

 2. Intercropping rice with other crops

 3. Relay cropping

 4. Sequential cropping in rice

5. Rice under integrated farming system

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1. MIXED VARIETAL CROPPING OF RICE

 System of mixing seed of early rice (ahu) with late maturing deep
water rice (bao) is being practices in West Bengal to avoid total crop
loss at the event of flood.

 The seed of both the types of mixed in 1:1 ratio and has given higher
yield than sole cropping of either type.

Similarly growing of a mixture of autumn and winter varieties in

3:1 ratio in Tamil Nadu and Kerala is very much in practice.



However, under normal conditions it has created problems in

performing agricultural operations like harvesting, deciding

fertilizer doses etc

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 2. INTERCROPPING RICE WITH OTHER CROPS

 It is a common practice under upland conditions in north and


north-eastern part of the country to grow rice intercropped with
black gram, green gram, sesame, maize, finger millet or other
miner millets.

 The ratio of rice and inter crop is preferred to be 3-4:1.

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 3. RELAY CROPPING

 The seed of succeeding crops like lentil, gram, pea, lathyrus,


berseem, linseed etc. is sown broadcast in maturing rice crop.

 This practice saves time; money (to be spent on land


preparation etc.) utilizes residual fertility.

 This practice is common in both upland and lowland rice


culture.

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4. SEQUENTIAL CROPPING IN RICE

 Sequential cropping refers to

the crops grown as preceding

or succeeding with rice as

shown below;
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5. RICE UNDER INTEGRATED FARMING
SYSTEM
 Rice-Fish-Poultry

 Rice-Fish-Duckery

 In North India where irrigation facilities exist, a number of


cropping systems of crops involving rice are feasible.
 After harvest of rice, crops like potato, berseem, toria etc., can
be sown and will fit very well in intensive crop rotations.
 In rainfed areas too, where the soils are well drained and have
good moisture retention capacity, legume crops like chickpea,
lentil could be grown.
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Some of the cropping systems are given below

(A) Irrigated Areas- (B) Un-irrigated Areas


Rice- chickpea
Rice-wheat
Rice- lentil

Rice- potato-urd (black gram) Rice- field pea

Rice- toria-wheat

Rice- wheat -moong (green gram)

Rice-potato -moong (green gram)

Rice- pea (for pods) -moong (green gram)

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Rice-wheat -Jute
 In case of intensive crop rotations where there are more than
two crops in a year, a paddy variety of early duration should be
selected.

 In South India, where the winter temperature is not so low,


double cropping of rice is practised.

 In eastern India, in low-lying areas a crop of jute is grown


followed by rice. Some of the cropping systems are as below:

Rice -rice-wheat

Jute -rice-wheat

Rice-maize-jute
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 IN TAMILNADU

 The rice is cultivated for a very long time under wet, dry and
garden land ecosystem.

 Under dry cultivation, the dry seed was sown either by


broadcasting or dropped in lines after country plough.

 It was also sown as mixed crop along with red gram.

 This practice is still being followed in Ramanthapuram district.

 In Chingleput, Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram the seeds are


sown in dry conditions but subsequently the crop is irrigated
when thePrevious
tanks get filled upNext
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of monsoon.
 It certain parts of North Arcot, South Arcot, Chingleput and
Salem districts, rice is cultivated as a garden land crop under
irrigation.

 Some of the rice based cropping patterns being followed in


the in Tamil Nadu are discussed below:-

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Rice - Rice-Rice:

 This crop rotation is most suitable for areas having high rainfall
and assured irrigation facilities in summer months, particularly,
in soils which have high water holding capacity and low rate of
infiltration.

 In some canal irrigated areas of Tamil Nadu, a cropping


pattern of 300% intensity is followed. In such areas three crops
of rice are grown in a year.

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Rice-Groundnut

 This cropping pattern is being followed by the


farmers Tamil Nadu.

 After harvesting of rice crop, groundnut is grown in


summer.

Rice fallow cultivation

 Rice + Pigeon pea


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