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Multiple cropping for sustainable and exaggerated agricultural production system
 
M. Sazzad Hossain (1), Md. Abdul Kader (2) and Najrul Islam (2)
1Dept. of Agronomy and Haor Agriculture, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet 3100
2Dept. of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh.

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​Received: 07.07.17, Revised: 05.08.17, Available online: 14 August 2017.​
J. Bios. Agric. Res. | Volume 14, Issue 02, pp. 1202-1209 
​Crossref: https://doi.org/10.18801/jbar.140217.148
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Title: Multiple cropping for sustainable and exaggerated agricultural production system
Abstract: Multiple cropping is a farming practice involving two or more crop species or genotypes growing together and coexisting for a certain period. It is getting importance as farmers intensifying land use to remain competitive and provide the increasing world demand for different crop originated products and in many subsistence or low-input/resource-limited agricultural systems on the fringes of modern intensive agriculture. By providing actual yield gains without increased inputs, or greater stability of yield with decreased inputs, multiple cropping becomes one unique route to delivering sustainable intensification. Innovations by agricultural scientists in pesticides, no-till instrumentation, rotation of legumes and grasses for tap-rooted and fibrous -rooted crops, and breeding crops tailored to specific systems and environments  create intensified multiple cropping farming more successful. With this connection, the experiment was carried out to study effect of intercropping combinations (rice with four different vegetables) on land use efficiency using the Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) and total return per unit area based on benefit-cost ratio (BCR). Intercropping combinations had significant effect on LER and BCR for total return. Result showed that the lowest cost of production was found in sole rice under monoculture compared to all other cases of polyculture. But sole rice cultivation under monoculture is less profitable than the production of vegetable-rice intercropping. Vegetable cultivation along with rice crop is remunerative in both yield and economical point of view.
 Key Words: Benefit-cost ratio, Land equivalent ratio, Multiple cropping, Rice, Vegetable and  Yield
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APA (American Psychological Association)
Hossain, M. S., Kader, M. A. and Islam, N. (2017). Multiple cropping for sustainable and exaggerated agricultural production system. Journal of Bioscience and Agriculture Research, 14(02), 1202-1209.
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MLA (Modern Language Association) 
Hossain, M. S., Kader, M. A. and Islam, N. “Multiple cropping for sustainable and exaggerated agricultural production system”. Journal of Bioscience and Agriculture Research, 14.02(2017), 1202-1209.
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Hossain, M. S., Kader, M. A. and Islam, N. “Multiple cropping for sustainable and exaggerated agricultural production system”. Journal of Bioscience and Agriculture Research, 14. no. 02(2017), 1202-1209.
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