Remunerative forage based cropping sequence for sustained productivity under irrigated conditions.

摘要

A field experiment was conducted from 2001/02 to 2005/06 on a fixed site at the Forage Research Project, Anand, Gujarat, India, to find out the most remunerative forage-based cropping sequence for sustained productivity under irrigated conditions. Results indicate that the cropping system of hybrid napier having intercrops of cowpea (kharif) and lucerne (rabi and summer) should be adopted for getting maximum and year-round forage production and for obtaining the highest net returns. The cropping sequence of forage bajra [Pennisetum glaucum] (single cut; kharif)-cowpea (late kharif)-lucerne (rabi and summer) recorded the second highest forage production and net realization. However, the food and fodder production system of bajra (kharif) for grain-potato (rabi)-forage bajra+cowpea (summer) cropping system registered maximum bajra equivalent yield in average of five years and gave bajra grain yield and potato tuber yield in addition to forage production.