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Nutrient Optimization and Yield Intensification of Major Cereal Systems of Eastern India

India is the second largest producer of rice in the world with a production of 100 million t in 2010-11. However, it's current productivity is far below it's attainable yield level. Introducing hybrid rice into the predominant cropping system of eastern India and changing the blanket fertilizer recommendations for high yielding varieties (HYV) for rice to site-specific fertilizer recommendations can help boost rice productivity.

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Overview Related

India is the second largest producer of rice in the world with a production of 100 million tons in 2010-11. Rice occupies 44 Mha i. e. 22% of the total cropped area. However, at the current rate of population growth in India, the requirement of rice is estimated to be around 150 million tons within next fifty years. To make the India self sufficient in rice, it is needed to improve the productivity to a greater extent, compared to the existing condition. Food security in India (1. Read more

Year of initiation:2013
Year of completion:2016
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Interpretive Summary

2016

Optimization of nutrient application in hybrid rice-based cropping system is an important researchable issue in eastern India, especially West Bengal, as rice covers more than 80% of agricultural land in the state. The introduction of hybrid rice is comparatively new and needs special attention in terms of developing nutrient management plans.

2015
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An experiment was conducted during 2013-2015 in farmers’ fields in Barddhaman and Birbhum districts of West Bengal. The project investigated the role of primary, secondary, and micronutrients in yield improvement of a high yielding variety (HYV) rice-hybrid in a rice–black gram cropping system.

2014

The first year of experimentation was conducted during 2013-2014 in farmers’ fields of Burdwan and Birbhum District of West Bengal, India to study nutrient optimization and yield intensification of major cereal systems of eastern India.

2013

India is the second largest producer of rice in the world with a production of 100 million t in 2010-11. However, it's current productivity is far below it's attainable yield level. Introducing hybrid rice into the predominant cropping system of eastern India and changing the blanket fertilizer recommendations for high yielding varieties (HYV) for rice to site-specific fertilizer recommendations can help boost rice productivity.

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Updates & Reports

2013

Project Description

Scientists and farmers at the rice research field

Project Leader

Mahua Banerjee, Visva Bharati University

Project Cooperators

Dr. Ganesh Malik, VISVA BHARATI Sriniketan, Birbhum, West Bengal-731236
Dr. Debtanu Maiti, ADA, State Goverment of West Bengal, Guskara, Burdwan, West Bengal

IPNI Staff

S. K. Dutta

Location

Asia \ Southern Asia \ IND \ West Bengal \ Sriniketan

Topics

4r place, 4r rate, 4r source, 4r time, micronutrients, nutrient deficiency, nutrient removal, plant analysis, site-specific nutrient management

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