Major cropping system of Odisha

Based on agro-ecological conditions, market and domestic needs and facilities available with farmers, major rice-based cropping systems recommended for Odisha are:

  • Rice-fallow
  • Rice-cereals (rice-rice/maize)
  • Rice-pulses (rice-greengram/ blackgram/ horsegram/ lathyrus)
  • Rice-oilseeds (rice-groundnut/ toria/ sunflower/ sesame)
  • Rice-jute/mesta
  • Rice-vegetables (rice-onion/garlic/brinjal/tomato/potto/beans)

However, in some agroecology, the crops other than rice (pulses, oilseeds, jute, vegetables) are also grown as a major crop in the cropping system.