Best management practices

Puddled land preparation through transplanting and post-harvest drying.

• 120 – 150 days
• Terai · Hills · Inner Terai
• 6 stages

Seedbed preparation, sowing rate, split urea and irrigation cues.

• 120 – 140 days
• Terai · Mid-hills
• 6 stages

OPV and hybrid systems: line sowing, basal NPK, two top-dressings.

• 100 – 130 days
• Hills · Terai
• 6 stages

Nursery raising through curd harvest, with per-variety fertilizer splits.

• 65 – 130 days
• Hills · Terai
• 6 stages

Nursery, staking, top-dressing and harvest at breaker stage.

• 90 – 120 days
• Terai · Inner Terai · Hills
• 6 stages

Nursery raising through harvest at neck-fall.

• 150 – 180 days
• Terai · Inner Terai
• 6 stages