Intercropping of mango gains momentum

RAJSHAHI: Mango intercropping with various cereal crops especially paddy has been gaining momentum in the region including its vast Barind tract as the growers in general are being interested in the farming, reports BSS.
In the wake of adverse impact of climate change, the farmers face trouble to depend on only paddy cultivation for the last couple of years. To get more income and to recoup the losses, they are cultivating paddy, onion, garlic, brinjal, mustard, turmeric and papaya with mango as intercropping. By dint of excellent output, the farmers created new more mango orchards under the new method.
According to sources with Department of Agriculture Extension, the beneficiary farmers cultivated mango on around 20,000 hectares of land in Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon and Natore districts. Dr Alim Uddin, principal scientific officer of Fruit Research Station, said inter-cropping with sugarcane has been found as more beneficial to the farmers as it can boost total crop production per unit area coupled with ensuring sustainable mango cultivation with higher economic benefit compared to other crops.Quoting the field-level research findings and farmers views the mango researcher said systematic inter-cropping- paddy, onion, lentil, mug bean help increases mango yield compared to sole-cropping.

 

Intercropping of mango gains momentum

RAJSHAHI: Mango intercropping with various cereal crops especially paddy has been gaining momentum in the region including its vast Barind tract as the growers in general are being interested in the farming, reports BSS. In the wake of adverse impact of climate change, the farmers face trouble to depend on only paddy cultivation for the last couple of years. To get more income and to recoup the losses, they are cultivating paddy, onion, garlic, brinjal, mustard, turmeric and papaya with mango as intercropping. By dint of excellent output, the farmers created new more mango orchards under the new method. According to sources with Department of Agriculture Extension, the beneficiary farmers cultivated mango on around 20,000 hectares of land in Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon and Natore districts. Dr Alim Uddin, principal scientific officer of Fruit Research Station, said inter-cropping with sugarcane has been found as more beneficial to the farmers as it can boost total crop production per unit area coupled with ensuring sustainable mango cultivation with higher economic benefit compared to other crops.Quoting the field-level research findings and farmers views the mango researcher said systematic inter-cropping- paddy, onion, lentil, mug bean help increases mango yield compared to sole-cropping.