Potato Cultivation Under Zero Tillage and Straw Mulching: Option for Land and Cropping System Intensification for Indian Sundarbans

• Published in: Land (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 3; p. 563
• Main Authors: Dey, Saikat, Sarkar, Sukamal, Dhar, Anannya, Brahmachari, Koushik, Ghosh, Argha, Goswami, Rupak, Mainuddin, Mohammed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 07.03.2025
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; Agricultural production; Agriculture; Analysis; Climate change; Climate-smart agriculture; Climatic conditions; coastal saline zone; conservation agriculture; Continuous cropping; Cropping systems; Crops; Cultivars; Cultivated lands; Cultivation; Cyclones; Enzymes; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; Farmers; Food; Growth regulators; Land use; Manures; Mulching; No-tillage; Nutrients; Polders; potato; Potatoes; Productivity; Rainy season; reduced tillage; Rice; Salinity; Soil improvement; Strategic planning (Business); Straw; Sustainability; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable practices; Sustainable use; Tillage; tuber quality; Vegetables; Water conservation; Winter; India; Sundarbans; West Bengal India

Agriculture in the Indian Sundarbans deltaic region primarily depends on a rice-based monocropping system during the rainy season, with the subsequent season often remaining fallow. To mitigate this issue, a series of experiments using zero tillage and straw mulching (ZTSM) potato cultivation were c...