Strategy for integrating rice and peanut cultivation in a polyculture system to increase agricultural land productivity

Efforts to increase agricultural productivity to meet national food needs are complex challenges that require an integrated strategic approach. One step that can be taken is to improve the efficiency of the rice agribusiness through the application of balanced fertilization recommendations and appropriate pricing policies. Therefore, the development of the peanut-based food industry has led to an increase in domestic demand for peanuts. The increasing demand for peanuts is a great market opportunity for the development of peanut production. Increased income and public knowledge about nutrition have changed people's food consumption patterns from energy-producing carbohydrate foods to protein-producing foods, both animal and vegetable. The integration of the two through a polyculture system provides opportunities for synergy: peanut roots provide biological nitrogen for rice, help suppress weeds, and increase the efficiency of space and resource utilization. Intercropping rice and peanuts significantly increases land productivity.