Due to climate change, the Paira cropping system in Odisha has dwindled in recent years. This conservation agricultural is practiced in the coastal areas of Odisha.
- Under Paira cropping system, pulse crops were sown in standing paddy fields prior to harvest, utilising available moisture and requiring minimal intervention and cost.
- The seed of succeeding crops like lentil, gram, pea, lathyrus, berseem, linseed etc. is sown broadcast in maturing rice crop.
- This practice saves time; money (to be spent on land preparation etc.) and utilizes residual fertility. This practice is common in both upland and lowland rice culture.
