National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
There are 115 million operational holdings in the country and about 80 % are marginal and small farmers. To fulfill the basic needs of house hold including food (cereal, pulses, oilseeds, feed, fodder, fiber etc.) warrant an attention about Alternative Arable Cropping Strategies (AACS). Undoubtedly, majority of the farmers are doing farming since long back but their main focus was individual components but not in a strategies way. The strategies is made in such a way that product of one component should be the input for other enterprises with high degree of complimentary effects on each other. The information on AACS in a systematic way is presented here. An investigation was undertaken during 2010–20111 to 2014-15 to assess the agro-economic potentiality of ten promising high-value crops alternative arable cropping systems in order to diversify the cereal–cereal based rotations and owning maximum profitability in subtropical climatic condition of western Uttar Pradesh production systems. Maize-potato–onion (M-P-O) system proved as best viable option in realizing highest production efficiency in terms of resource use efficiency, energy dynamic, monetary and employment efficiencies water-use efficiency and enzymatic activities besides enhancing soil health; followed by maize-potato-mungbean (M-P-Mb) system. Cowpea- potato-mungbean (Cp–P–Mb) and Maize-garlic-mungbean (M-G-Mb) system also observed higher net-returns, land use efficiency and monetary-efficiencies. The methodology is explained keeping in mind the work done so far to realize better productivity, profitability and sustainable production systems that would help to solve the fuel, feed and energy crisis, create more employment avenues, ensure regular income and encourage agricultural oriented industry.
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