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drained and rice on poorly drained land classes. Although farmers preferred to cultivate ricein all land classes irrespective of the hydrological regimes, government policies and theattractive prices for non-rice crops, which expanded the margin of profit encouraging them togrow non-paddy crops in well drained land classes.There are nearly 80,000 ha of well drained lands in the major irrigation schemesavailable for upland crop cultivation and from this 12,000 ha of lands are at present undersugar cane and a sizeable portion has been cropped with banana. Rice and other annual fieldcrops could be cultivated alternatively in the wet and dry seasons in the rest of the landavailable. Cultivation of annuals in the dry season saves water for the wet season rice crop.Growing field crops in the wet season is often hampered by heavy rains experienced due tothe build up of excess moisture in the root zone forcing the farmers to cultivate rice in thewet season.There are a few other sub-patterns that could also be identified within thediversification in major irrigation schemes (Figure 1).Figure 1. Schematic Representation of the Different Diversification Patternsin Major Irrigation SchemesSep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul.Aug.i. Semi-perennial irrigated crops in well drained and rice in poorly drained land classes.ii. Wet season rice in all land classes and dry season non-rice annuals in well drainedand rice in poorly drained land classes.iii. Rice in both wet and dry seasons and a short duration grain legume in-between thetwo seasons.The dominant crops in the first sub-pattern are sugar cane, banana and papaw whilechillies, onion, groundnut, vegetables and grain legumes are the dominant crops in the117
second pattern. Mungbean (Vigna radiata) is the crop that could commonly be observed inthe third sub-pattern.3.2. Crop Diversification in Minor Irrigation SchemesMinor reservoirs with less than 40 ha command area come under this category.These are predominantly rainfed reservoirs, which contain the water derived from theimmediate catchments. Usually, these tanks are filled during the rainy season but the waterstorage during the dry season is not sufficient for rice cultivation. There are nearly 185,000ha of irrigated lands in the command area of minor tanks. The majority of the soils in thesesystems are either imperfectly drained or poorly drained and not suitable for non-rice crops.However, farmers grow them in minor irrigation schemes by avoiding the short rainy period(April, May) in the dry season (Figure 2).Figure 2. Schematic Representation of the Different Diversification Patternsin Minor Irrigation SchemesOct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep.In minor irrigation schemes, wells are often dug to tap the shallow ground water tableboosting the availability of irrigation water during dry periods. This has become very populartoday and there are several thousand such wells that could be found in the island. The extentof cultivation by each well ranges from 0.25 ha to 0.5 ha depending on the availability ofwater. A variety of crops could be found in association with such wells, which range fromsemi-perennial fruit crops such as banana, papaw and lime to vegetables. In certain casesthese farmers tend to cultivate non-rice crops even during rainy seasons by improving thedrainage conditions of the soils.3.3 Crop Diversification in Paddy Lands in the Intermediate ZoneThe source of irrigation water in upcountry, mid and low country intermediate zonesare mainly derived from anicut schemes and minor reservoirs. The landscape is rolling tohilly in the upcountry and mid country and undulating in the low country. Rice is cultivatedin the wet season in terraced land in well to imperfectly drained soils. The attractive pricesof vegetables and onion have encouraged the farmers to grow them in the dry season andthey are cultivated in raised beds prepared within the basins. Occasionally, this vegetableproduction is affected due to high soil moisture condition occurring with heavy rains.118
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RAP PUBLICATION: 2001/03CROP DIVERS
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CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN THEASIA-PAC
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13. INTENSIFICATION OF CROP DIVERSI
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INTRODUCTORY REMARKSMinas K. Papade
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New opportunities that would benefi
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CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN BANGLADESHM
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(CDP) during 1990/95 in 125 Thanas
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SlName of Crops1 Aus:HYVLocalTable
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Table 4. Trade of Crops/products (I
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through development projects implem
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y the terminal year of the Fifth Pl
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cropping. This has only been possib
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process and export those labour int
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g) restoration/improvement of soil
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8. RECOMMENDATIONSConsidering the i
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enthusiasm of the farmers in their
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3.3 The Formation and Development o
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carried out for years, guarantees t
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environment protection. Special att
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2. CROP PRODUCTION AND ECONOMICS SC
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What is most notable is the change
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8.36 m/ha involved in the area shif
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fact that the area shares of the do
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country. Therefore, a judicious use
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5.3 Emerging Technology and Crop Di
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7. CONCLUSIONSIndia, being a vast c
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Table 3. All India: Temporal Change
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Table 5. All India: Temporal Change
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CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN JAPANMasa I
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production, these ratios were deter
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soybean using paddy fields should c
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food industry have sharply increase
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7. CONCLUSIONSThe Japanese socio-ec
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Figure 2. Change of Rice Productivi
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Figure 4. Aid Provided by Major Cou
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The Natural Rubber (NR) industry co
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Page 78 and 79: REFERENCESAnon. 1990. Proceedings o
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Page 118 and 119: Table 7. Dominant Rice Cropping Pat
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Page 136 and 137: Panabokke, C.R. 1996. Soils and agr
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Page 152 and 153: REFERENCESAthipanan, Withaya. 1995.
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diversification, taking into accoun
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The major outputs are:- Integration
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• Database and information materi
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• Business plans have been formul
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minimize such losses. The developme
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LIST OF PARTICIPANTSBANGLADESHM. En
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SRI LANKAH.P.M. GunasenaDirectorPos
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FAOR.B. SinghAssistant Director-Gen
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