Sunken and raised bed

  • Construct alternate sunken and raised bed by excavating soil of a strip of 5 m, a depth of 20-30 cm, and placing the soil in the adjacent strip (5 m).
  • The height of the raised bed is 40-60 cm higher than the adjacent sunken bed.
  •  Grow vegetables like chillies, brinjal, okra, amaranthus, cucumber, bitter gourd on beds during monsoon seasons and long duration paddy cum fish in furrows.