Improvement of Soil Health and System Productivity through Crop Diversification and Residue Incorporation under Jute-Based Different Cropping Systems

Crop diversity through residue incorporation is the most important method for sustaining soil health. A field study was conducted over five consecutive years (2012–2017) to see impact of incorporartions in Inceptisol eastern India. The main plot treatments had cropping systems (CS), namely, fallow?rice?rice (FRR), jute?rice?wheat (JRW), jute?rice?baby corn (JRBc), jute?rice?vegetable pea (JRGp), jute?rice?mustard?mungbean/green gram (JRMMu), which cinsisted four sub-plots with varied nutrient and crop management (NCRM) levels, namely crops no +75% recommended dose fertilizers (RDF) (F1R0), previous RDF (F1R1), resiude +100% (F2R0), (F2R1). highest system productivity obtained JRBc (15.3 Mg·ha?1), followed by JRGp (8.81 Mg·ha?1) JRMMu (7.61 Mg·ha?1); however, sustainability index found (0.88), (0.82). Among NCRMs, (8.78 (0.83) were recorded F2R1. Five parameters, bulk density, available K, urease activity, dehydrogenase microbial biomass carbon (SMBC), used minimum data-set (MDS) calculation quality (SQI). best attainment SQI (0.63), closely (0.61) system.