Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
Sachin Sakalle, Dig Vijay Dubey, Ashook Kumar Verma and Rishikesh Mandloi

Abstract:
The agricultural research complex at Rabindranath Tagore University, Mendua, Raisen, hosted the field study named "Diversification of Soybean based cropping systems in Vindhyan plateau region of Madhya Pradesh" during the Kharif and Rabi seasons of 2020–21 and 2021–22. The study included 8 different cropping sequence treatments, which were combinations of Soybean in the Kharif season with Wheat, Chickpea, Mustard, and Garlic in Rabi. During the years 2020–2021 and 2021–2022, the trial was conducted using a completely randomised block design with three replications. The two years of field research yielded the following results, which have been summarized. Based on the two year experiments, it could be established that profitability and productivity may be improved by the diversification of cropping system. The information concerning to the analysis of different Soybean based cropping systems under study, it may be concluded that. Soybean – Garlic cropping system is the most profitable cropping system of Vindhyan Plateau region. It returned 325.3 and 507.6 percentage higher profit as compared to the profit obtained under the existing and prevailing cropping systems like Soybean- Wheat, Soybean- Chickpea respectively in terms of system profitability counted in INR/hectare/day. Soybean – Garlic cropping system is the most productive cropping system of Vindhyan Plateau region.