Subsistence farmers mainly grow rice in upl ands condition and the area under this system is
about 8% of the total rice area in Nepal. This crop has a high socio-economic importance in
sloppy up lands of mid hills particularly in mid and far western regions of Nepal. There is great
potentiality to increase the productivity of upland rice through development and extension of
suitable variety along with appropriate improved agronomic management practices. Therefore,
different vari etal and agronomic management studies were done in two consecutive years of
2011 and l 012 at Agricu lture Research Station, Dailekh to identify high yielding varieties and
appropriate improved agronomic managements. Each of the trail was conducted in three
replicated randomized compete block design. Signifi cant grain yield variation was recorded
among the varieties evaluated on-station and on-farm. Pakhogunde produced highest grain
y ield (3860 kg/ha) fo llowed by Ghaiya-1 (3292 kg/ha) in on-stat ion evaluation. Similar ly i.n
farmer's field Ghaiya-2 (2944 kg/ha), Pakhojoro (2778 kg/ha), Pakhogunde and Dhanpahelo
(2556 kg/ha) produced higher yield. Under mixed cropping practices with maize, rice
varieties Hardinath-1 (J 410 kg/ha), Pakhogunde (1409 kg/ha) and IR 5543 5-5-5 (J 403 kg/ha)
were high yielder but statistica lly at par. Under nutrient management experiment, the effect of
different doses ofN:P20 5:K20 was significa nt with control (no application) where the highest
gra in yield (2531 kg/ha) reco rded with applied 40:20:20 kg/ha of N:P20 5 :K20.

Subsistence farmers mainly grow rice in upl ands condition and the area under this system is
about 8% of the total rice area in Nepal. This crop has a high socio-economic importance in
sloppy up lands of mid hills particularly in mid and far western regions of Nepal. There is great
potentiality to increase the productivity of upland rice through development and extension of
suitable variety along with appropriate improved agronomic management practices. Therefore,
different vari etal and agronomic management studies were done in two consecutive years of
2011 and l 012 at Agricu lture Research Station, Dailekh to identify high yielding varieties and
appropriate improved agronomic managements. Each of the trail was conducted in three
replicated randomized compete block design. Signifi cant grain yield variation was recorded
among the varieties evaluated on-station and on-farm. Pakhogunde produced highest grain
y ield (3860 kg/ha) fo llowed by Ghaiya-1 (3292 kg/ha) in on-stat ion evaluation. Similar ly i.n
farmer's field Ghaiya-2 (2944 kg/ha), Pakhojoro (2778 kg/ha), Pakhogunde and Dhanpahelo
(2556 kg/ha) produced higher yield. Under mixed cropping practices with maize, rice
varieties Hardinath-1 (J 410 kg/ha), Pakhogunde (1409 kg/ha) and IR 5543 5-5-5 (J 403 kg/ha)
were high yielder but statistica lly at par. Under nutrient management experiment, the effect of
different doses ofN:P20 5:K20 was significa nt with control (no application) where the highest
gra in yield (2531 kg/ha) reco rded with applied 40:20:20 kg/ha of N:P20 5 :K20.