Is cereal-legume combination a suitable option for agricultural sustainability in tropics and sub-tropics?

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Biswajit Pramanick

Yes, it is!

This kind of practices are getting importance as well. Maize+ greengram ; finger millet + blackgram are popular in some of the patches. However, this kind of practices need to be more validated and popular subsequently...

Sagar Maitra

@Dr. Biswajit, thanks for your valuable comments. I have witnessed Maize + legumes (black gram and groundnut) and finger millet + redgram performed well in easter India, in eastern plateau and eastern ghats respectively.

Mehar Chand

Intercropping of gram,lentil and pea in autumn planted and green gram and black gram in spring planted sugarcane is recommended for subtropical India. These intercrops can be successfully grown in sugarcane with out any adverse effect on sugarcane.