Vol. 10, Issue 6 (2021)

Author(s):
Zui Kadiphiubou Newmai, Lydia Zimik, Heisnam Nanita Devi, Z Kawikhonliu, Loyangamba Yumnam and Menson Keisham

Abstract:
We are in the verge of booming population and climate change the very resources like land, water, nutrient and energy for crop production is diminishing. Efficient utilization of all available resources becomes the only potent option for sustaining the agriculture so that we produce enough to feed the present population without endangering the resources for future generations. Cropping system helps in maximizing system productivity on annual basis, facilitate higher efficiency in utilization of resources and sustainability of farm resources and environment in long term. Rice is the main staple food grain crop of India therefore rice-based cropping systems form an integral part of agriculture here. We conducted an experiment to access the various rice based cropping system for higher productivity and profitability. Among them Rice - Field Pea shows significantly higher rice equivalent yield (45.62 q/ha). The same treatment i.e., Rice – Field pea continue to performed well even in production efficiency (47.44 kg/ha/day), system profitability (605.10 `/ha/day) and also in Rice Equivalent Yield of the system (99.62 q/ha) showing significantly higher performance than the other rice based cropping system. In land use efficiency Rice – Maize and Rice – Field pea cropping sequence was found to be the highest with the value of 57.53%.