Improving livelihood of small and marginal hill farmers from economically weaker sections, high intensive, demand driven vegetable cultivation towards doubling farmers’ income in Tripura was implanted by ICAR Research Complex for NEH region, Tripura Centre under SCSP Project. Adoption of two most productive double story sustainable vegetable production system namely Sem [lablab bean (Lablab purpureus)] - Spine gourd (Momordica dioica) and Sem (lablab bean) - Ash gourd (Benincasa hispida) vegetable system raised the profit of farmers by Rs. 3-3.5 lakhs. Hence, it is recommended from based the success story that double story sustainable vegetable production may help in doubling income of small and marginal farmers of Tripura.
Gulab Singh Yadav*
ICAR- Research Complex for NEH region, Tripura Centre, Lembucherra, West Tripura, Tripura (799210), India
ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi, Delhi (110 012), India
Anup Das
Subhash Babu
Mandakranta Chakraborty
Ripan Chandra Das
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Yadav, G.S., Babu, S., Das, A., Mohapatra, K.P., Singh, R., Avasthe, R.K. and Roy, S., 2020. No-till and mulching enhance energy use efficiency and reduce carbon footprint of a direct-seeded upland rice production system. Journal of Cleaner Production 271, 122700.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122700
Yadav, G.S., Das, A., Lal, R., Babu, S., Datta, M., Meena, R.S., Patil, S.B., Singh, R., 2019. Impact of no-till and mulching on soil carbon sequestration under rice (Oryza sativa L.)-rapeseed (Brassica campestris L. var. rapeseed) cropping system in hilly agro-ecosystem of the Eastern Himalayas, India. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 275, 81-92.