Suitable target environment
- Maize (kharif) is also grown as the main crop in the cropping system kharif season in Odisha. Rabi maize in the irrigated area followed by rice is an emerging cropping system that has the potential to replace the rice-rice system.
- After rice, maize may be planted with a zero-till seed drill, turbo happy seeder, or combo happy seeder without any field operation with minimal disturbance of the soil and the surface residues.