Diversification and Intensification of Rice Based Cropping Systems

The production technology adopted in any cropping system should be cost effective because economic viability and feasibility of these technologies decide the spread and popularity of a particular cropping system in any agro climatic region. The cost effective technologies for any cropping systems can be achieved by reducing the cost of cultivation and improving the productivity of the system. Present generation of farmers need such cropping system which have high benefit: cost ratio or high profitability. Therefore now development of efficient cropping system for a particular agro-ecological situation through cropping system research needs more emphasis on yield maximization with high economic viability in a sustainable manner.