Crop management practices

a) Land preparation

• land leveling and sloping
• drainage facility

b) Selection of crops and varieties

• crops relatively tolerant to water logged condition
• Crops that is able develop superficial adventitious, aerial roots and branched roots rapidly
• Examples: rice, dhanicha, jute, jowar, sugarcane, cowpea, cluster bean
• Sinhada, a wild variety of rice found in Koshi region tolerant to submergence condition
• Improved varieties tolerant to submergence condition like Swarna Sub-1 and Sawa Masuli Sub- 1 of rice crop

c) Planting method

• Planting on crops ridges or raised beds
• Planting on flat bed followed by earthing up
• Higher seed rate than recommended dose
• Double transplanting (kharuan), parachute method of transplanting and seedling broadcasting in rice

d) Nutrient management

• Higher dose of fertilizer then recommended dose to recover losses of nutrient
• Application of nutrient at multiple splits
• Foliar spray of nutrients
• Use of slow release materials or coating urea with mud, sulfur, neem
• Use of ammonical form of nitrogen rather than nitrate form