Abstract

Green revolution lead to intensification in cropping, uses of HYV and non judicious use of inorganic fertilizers and other chemical input which changed the scenario of Indian agriculture from a condition of begging bowl to a food sufficiency region. However it also led to serious concern over national food security by its adverse impact on quality of food crops, soil health and soil biota, biodiversity and environment. The demand for organic food enterprise is rising worldwide. Rice-wheat cropping system is predominant cropping system followed in India which are highly nutrient exhaustive and thus causes a nutrient depletion. Thus under such condition pulses can be taken up for improving crop productivity as well as a source for maintaining soil fertility.