Comprehensive Project on Rice-Fallow Management (2023-2024)

Dar, M H and Kumara Charyulu, D and Davala, M S and Sonkar, V K and Pal, A and Mayes, S (2025) Comprehensive Project on Rice-Fallow Management (2023-2024). Project Report. ICRISAT, Patancheru.

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Global Research Program - Accelerated Crop Improvement

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We sincerely acknowledge the Department of Agriculture & Farmers' Empowerment, Government of Odisha, for their financial support, overall guidance and consistent coordination throughout the implementation of the project. Our heartfelt thanks go to our implementing partners for their dedicated field-level support. We also extend our appreciation to the Orissa State Seeds Corporation Limited (OSSC), Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL), and Odisha Agro Industries Corporation Limited (OAIC) for ensuring the timely supply of quality seeds and inputs, which were instrumental in achieving the project’s objectives. We would like to acknowledge the support provided by the ADAPT team and the Department’s digital monitoring unit for enabling efficient beneficiary registration, input tracking, and real-time project monitoring. Special thanks to the field investigators and survey teams for their meticulous efforts in data collection, and to the data management and analysis team for ensuring the integrity and quality of the information presented in this report. Above all, we deeply thank the farmers who participated in this initiative—their active involvement and unwavering cooperation formed the foundation of this project’s success.

Abstract

The Comprehensive Project on Rice-Fallow Management (CPRFM) in Odisha continues to exploit the potential of rice-fallow lands for the production of pulses and oilseeds. The project focuses on promoting short-duration and climate-resilient varieties of green gram, black gram, chickpea, lentil, and mustard, leveraging residual soil moisture to optimize yields. GIS-based mapping and remote sensing technology is used to identify suitable areas for intervention, ensuring efficient targeting. Farmers received high-quality seeds of improved varieties and other critical inputs, alongside training on advanced agricultural practices and other crop management systems. Beneficiary farmers reported cultivating 46.1% of their agricultural land in Rabi, significantly higher than control (27.8%) with considerable yield improvements in green gram (214.8 kg/acre, +28.1%), black gram (248.4 kg/acre, +32.7%), mustard (344.0 kg/acre, +33.9%), chickpea (279.2 kg/acre, +34.9%), and lentil (215.2 kg/acre, +35.3%), compared to control groups. Non-beneficiary farmers from the project villages, also recorded yield gains, with productivity increase of up to 13.7%. A comparative analysis between shortduration and longer-duration traditional varieties of green gram and black gram across land types revealed that short-duration varieties performed best in midlands and uplands, where black gram yielded 258.3 kg/acre and greengram 224.9 kg/acre in mid & upland ecology, outperforming their respective yields in lowlands (214.4 kg/acre for black gram and 190.6 kg/acre for green gram). On the other hand, chickpea and mustard were more suitable for lowlands, where they recorded higher yields compared to midlands and uplands. This underlines the need for a targeted dissemination of short-duration varieties in mid and upland rice fallow ecosystems through detailed area characterization using earth science approaches.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Divisions:	Global Research Program - Accelerated Crop Improvement
CRP:	UNSPECIFIED
Series Name:	Project Report
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Rice-Fallow Management, Odisha, pulses and oilseeds, climate-resilient varieties, short-duration varieties
Subjects:	Others > Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Others > Odisha Others > Oilseeds
Depositing User:	Mr Nagaraju T
Date Deposited:	27 May 2025 05:31
Last Modified:	27 May 2025 05:31
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/13082
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