19 Feb Enhancing farmers profitability through wheat-cucurbits relay intercropping
गेहूं - कद्दू वर्गीय फसलों की रिले अंंत:फसल के माध्यम से किसानों का लाभ बढ़ाना Rice-wheat is one of the major cropping sequences being practiced on about 10.2 m ha area in India. The wide adoption of this system is mainly due to low risk of crop failure, good marketing facilities and better minimum support price. This system is very important for the national food security. To adequately address the nutritional security of the people, it is pertinent to increase the production of different vegetables and fruits. Owing to explosive increase in population and faster urbanization, it is very difficult to bring more area under vegetable and fruit cultivation. Also, the decreasing...