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Asian J. Crop. Soil Plan. Nutri. | Volume 07, Issue 02, 281-285 | https://doi.org/10.18801/ajcsp.070222.34
​Article type: Research article | Received: 21.02.2022; Revised: 13.04.2022; First published online: 30 September, 2022.

Assessing the suitability of different intercrops with sugarcane in Dinajpur region of Bangladesh​

Tania Afrin 1, A. M. Sajedur Rahman 2, Md. Al Emran Hossain 3, Fahmida Akter 4 and Md. Ahasan Habib 5
1 Interdisciplinary Institute for Food Security, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh -2202
2 Breeding Division, Bangladesh Sugarcrop Research Institute, Ishurdi-6620, Pabna
3 Agronomy & Farming System Division, Bangladesh Sugarcrop Research Institute, Ishurdi-6620, Pabna
4 Department of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh -2202
5 Physiology and Sugar Chemistry Division, Bangladesh Sugarcrop Research Institute, Ishurdi-6620, Pabna, Bangladesh

✉ Article correspondence: nadim.kawsaralam@gmail.com (Nadim M.K.A.).

Abstract
Sugarcane is one of Bangladesh's most important cash cum industrial crops and is the primary source of sugar and goor (jaggery) production in Bangladesh. However, due to land crisis, long duration of crop production and less economic benefit, sugarcane acreage is reducing yearly. Therefore, it is high time to think about how the sugarcane farmers will be benefited. Intercropping with sugarcane generally gives the farmers higher profitability than sole sugarcane cropping. In this study, five different intercropping practices (sugarcane + potato, sugarcane + lentil, sugarcane + cabbage, sugarcane + cauliflower and sugarcane + onion) were compared with the sole sugarcane cropping system for two consecutive years, 2019-20 and 2020-21 in Dinajpur region of Bangladesh. The yield and yield contributing characters, production cost, gross return, net return and BCR were calculated to find the best options among these six treatments. Potato and onion intercropped with sugarcane cv. BSRI Akh 46 is found to be highly profitable and is recommended in the Dinajpur district of Bangladesh (AEZ 1) in comparison to other intercropping practices in both the cropping seasons.
 
Key Words: Intercrop, Sugarcane, Potato, Onion and Profitable.

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Afrin, T. et al. “Assessing the suitability of different intercrops with sugarcane in Dinajpur region of Bangladesh”. Asian Journal of Crop, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 07(02), (2022): 281-285.
 
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Afrin, T., Rahman, A. M. S., Hossain, M. A. E., Akter, F. and Habib, M. A. (2022). Assessing the suitability of different intercrops with sugarcane in Dinajpur region of Bangladesh. Asian Journal of Crop, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 07(02), 281-285.
 
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Afrin, T., Rahman, A. M. S., Hossain, M. A. E., Akter, F. and Habib, M. A. “Assessing the suitability of different intercrops with sugarcane in Dinajpur region of Bangladesh”. Asian Journal of Crop, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 07(02), (2022): 281-285.
 
Harvard
Afrin, T., Rahman, A. M. S., Hossain, M. A. E., Akter, F. and Habib, M. A. 2022 Assessing the suitability of different intercrops with sugarcane in Dinajpur region of Bangladesh. Asian Journal of Crop, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 07(02), pp. 281-285.
 
Vancouver
Afrin, T, Rahman, AMS, Hossain, MAE, Akter, F and Habib, MA. Assessing the suitability of different intercrops with sugarcane in Dinajpur region of Bangladesh. Asian Journal of Crop, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2022 September 07(02), 281-285.

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