Alternative cropping strategies for assured and efficient crop production in upland rainfed rice areas of eastern India based on rainfall analysis

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-62

  Kar, Gouranga ^a   Singh, Ravender ^a   Verma, H N ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WATER MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Crop diversification; Drought; Rainwater use efficiency; Soil water retention; Upland rice ecosystem

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DROUGHT; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOILS;

ERRATIC MONSOONS; PESTS; RAINWATERS; WEEDS;

AGRICULTURE;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RICE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CAJANUS CAJAN; MACROTYLOMA UNIFLORUM; SESAMUM; SESAMUM INDICUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2442587552     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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