sustainability Article Crop Diversification in Rice—Based Cropping Systems Improves the System Productivity, Profitability and Sustainability Md Jahangir Alam 1,* , Abdullah- Al-Mahmud 1, Md Aminul Islam 2, Md Faruque Hossain 3, Md Akkas Ali 3, Eldessoky S. Dessoky 4 , Ehab I. El-Hallous 4, Mohamed M. Hassan 4,* , Nasrin Begum 5 and Akbar Hossain 6,* 1 On-Farm Research Division (OFRD), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gaibandha 5700, Bangladesh;
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[email protected] (A.H.) Citation: Alam, M.J.; Al-Mahmud, Abstract: Cropping systems in the Level Barind Tract (LBT) of Bangladesh are highly diverse, as A.-; Islam, M.A.; Hossain, M.F.; Ali, Transplanted (T.) Aman and Boro (T. Boro) rice are a common practice in the area. Although. T. M.A.; Dessoky, E.S.; El-Hallous, E.I.; Aman is generally cultivated in the rainy (monsoon) season, but the T. Boro rice is the intensive Hassan, M.M.; Begum, N.; Hossain, A.