Transforming Triple Cropping System to Four Crops Pattern: An Approach of Enhancing System Productivity through Intensifying Land Use System in Bangladesh

Table 3

Productivity of component crops (maize and T. Aman rice) in different cropping patterns.

Cropping pattern	Cropping year 2013-14				Cropping year 2014-15
	Yield of maize (t·ha^−1)		Yield of T. Aman rice (t·ha^−1)		Yield of maize (t·ha^−1)		Yield of T. Aman rice (t·ha^−1)
	Grain	Stover	Grain	Straw	Grain	Stover	Grain	Straw
Mustard-onion/maize-T. Aman rice	7.65	8.43	4.54	5.88	8.39	9.13	4.77	6.06
Mustard-onion-T. Aman rice	—	—	4.44	5.46	—	—	4.48	5.75
Level of significance	—	—	NS	NS	—	—	NS	NS
SE (±)	—	—	0.36	1.23	—	—	0.19	0.16
CV (%)	—	—	4.59	5.74	—	—	10.32	8.50