Vol. 9, Issue 3, Part B (2025)

A field survey was conducted during 2023-24 rabi in three Development Blocks of Karbi Anglong District. From the survey only Patradisa village in Langsomepi Development was found that the farmers were adopting double/sequential cropping system. FGD and personal interview method were used for collecting the required information from the farmers. The average holding of the sample farmers is 1.45 ha and the average area under double cropping is 0.95 ha. The yields realized by rapeseed and mustard crops were converted into sesame equivalent yield (SEY). The results showed that the sesame equivalent (SEY) was found to be highest in mustard (376 kg/ha) followed by HYV rapeseed (281.5 kg/ha) and the lowest in rapeseed local variety at 240 kg/ha. The economics of cropping sequences in Sesame-Rapeseed/Mustard per hectare revealed that sesame based mustard crop produced the highest net return of ₹ 43390/ha which was followed by sesame-rapeseed HYV TS-38 at ₹ 33030/ha and lowest in sesame-rapeseed with local variety of farmers at ₹ 28470/ha. From the survey it is observed the farmer’s income has increased by 12% to 43% with a net incremental return ₹ 3580, ₹ 8140 and ₹ 18900 per hectare per annum by cultivating local variety of rapeseed, HYV of rapeseed and HYV of mustard.