Rice farmers are mostly involved in monoculture practices. This deprives the land for growing
other food crops. Hence a better alternative of mono sole cropping is required to overcome
this shortcoming. Therefore a shift from mono cropping to inter multiple cropping as an
excellent strategy for intensifying land use and increasing income and production per unit area
and time is appreciated. Production efficiency economic efficiency and employment generation
efficiency of any diversified system is a direct measure of its preferability. Keeping this
view in mind this study deals with the production potential and economic viability of
different rabi intercropping in rabi cereal legume oilseeds and spices to identify the
suitable remunerative rice (Oryza sativa L.) based cropping systems.
