Practice Name:

Cropping pattern that hedges risks

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	maize and paddy crop
Crop Family	poaceae
Scientific Name	( zea mayz ) , (oryza sativa)
Vernacular Name	rice and maize
Scout	HBN
Ingredients
Details of Innovation	In the region of Udaipur in Rajasthan, the farmers follow a cropping pattern that hedges the risks assosciated with erratic rainfall. Paddy and maize are grown in alternate rows and at the appropriate time the farmers make an aseesesment of the rain pattern and retain the crop that is more suited to the pattern.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Documented by U.M.Lodha
City / District	Jaipur
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tabiji, Ajmer
Address	Jaipur, rajasthan
Languages Spoken	Marwari/Hindi
Vocation	Farming
State	Rajasthan
PIN Code	305002

PAS_1	"Changing Cropping Pattern, Agricultural Diversification and Productivity in Odisha-A District-wise Study."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304710291_Changing_Cropping_Pattern_Agricultural_Diversification_and_Productivity_in_Odisha-A_District-wise_Study
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Northern Plain and Central highlands including Aravallis eco system ( (4.2)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	KNW0020000000441
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/798
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN