CROPPING SYSTEMS FOLLOWED IN NORTH INDIA: SUGARCANE

Kiran Yadav

GBPUAT, Pantnagar

In North India, sugarcane is generally grown after harvest of cotton, paddy, maize, sorghum, toria, potato, pea, wheat etc. the common cropping systems followed in north India are given below:

• 1. Maize-Potato-Sugarcane                                                             2 years
• 2. Maize-Sugarcane-Wheat                                                             2 years
• 3. Rice-Sugarcane-Wheat                                                               2 years
• 4. Cotton-Sugarcane-Ratoon                                                          3 years
• 5. Sorghum (fodder)-Potato-Sugarcane-Wheat                                3 years
• 6. Rice-Chick pea-Sugarcane-Ratoon-Wheat                                   3 years
• 7. Rice-Toria-Sugarcane-Ratoon-Wheat                                          3 years
• 8. Maize-Wheat-Sugarcane-Ratoon-Wheat                                      3 years