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RAINFED RICE A SOURCEBOOK OF BEST PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES IN EASTERN INDIA
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Resource management in
rainfed rice culture
Upland
Broadcasting
Combating drought at different
stages of crop growth by
using high seed rate and
management,
sowing very early duration rice
varieties, and
controlling weeds.
Transplanting
Managing soil moisture stress at the
reproductive stage with
the use of short-duration rice
varieties, and
nursery bed establishment at
different times to match the onset
of rain.
Lowland
Flash flood
Restoring yield loss due to damage
to established crop at different stages
of intermittent flooding with
very early duration rice variety
cultivation for harvest before the
onset of flooding;
cultivation of a mixture of aus
(autumn) and aman (winter) to
ensure harvest of at least a single
crop depending on early or late
flood;
nursery sowing at different dates
to replant immediately after flood
damage;