Mentha intercropping with wheat- a boon for the farmer’s

Abstract

Wheat is the major rabi crop of U.P. All category of farmers are growing this crop for eating and selling purposes. Wheat straw also plays a key role as fodder for animals round the year. It is sufficient to state that wheat crop is the lifeline for the farmers of both rural and urban areas. But, due to the increase in the labours and input cost, the declining agriculture land holdings, the wheat-growers are not getting attractive returns. Keeping this in view, agriculture experts provided the production technology through training, field and exposure visits and diagnosed the problems and giving their solutions for promoting the mentha inter cropping with wheat. Study on mentha intercropping with wheat was carried out at farmer’s field in the district Sambhal during the year of 2018-19& 2019-20. The study revealed that mentha intercropping with wheat is increasing the income of the farmers. Besides this benefit of mentha intercropping system, it also resulted in increased organic matter in the soil and employment in the rural areas. Due to this increased organic matter in the soil, water holding capacity and sustainability of the soil also improved. The mentha intercropping with wheat may be adopted for most effective profitable than the sole wheat crop.