_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: danamsravanthi@gmail.com; International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 11(12): 544-551, 2021; Article no.IJECC.76097 ISSN: 2581-8627 (Past name: British Journal of Environment & Climate Change, Past ISSN: 2231–4784) Role of In-situ Moisture Conservation and Cropping Systems on Maize Intercropping with Pigeonpea under Rainfed Conditions at Telangana State D. Sravanthi a* , Y. Siva Lakshmi b , R. Susheela c , A. V. Ramanjaneyulu d , N. Sainath d , P. Raghu Rami Reddy e and P. Jagan Mohan Rao f a Department of Agronomy, Agricultural College (Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University), Aswaraopet, Bhadradri - Kothagudem District, Telangana State - 507 301, India. b College of Agricultural Engineering (Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University), Kandi, Sanga Reddy District, Telangana State - 502 285, India. c Agricultural College (Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University), Palem, Nagarkurnool District, Telangana State - 509 215, India. d Agriculture Research Station (Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University), Tornala, Siddipet District, Telangana State - 502 114, India. e Rice Research Centre, Agricultural Research Institute, Rajendranagar (Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University), Hyderabad, Telangana State - 500 030, India. f Regional Agricultural Research Station (Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University), Jagtial, Telangana State - 505 529, India. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author DS performed the statistical analysis and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Author YSL designed the study and wrote the protocol. Author RS managed the literature searches. Author AVR approved the final manuscript. Author NS conducted the lab analyses of the study. Authors PRRR and PJMR approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/IJECC/2021/v11i1230618 Open Peer Review History: This journal follows the Advanced Open Peer Review policy. Identity of the Reviewers, Editor(s) and additional Reviewers, peer review comments, different versions of the manuscript, comments of the editors, etc are available here: https://www.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/76097 Received 08 October 2021 Accepted 25 December 2021 Published 27 December 2021 ABSTRACT The study was conducted with an objective of assessing best practice of moisture conservation and profitability of the cropping system. The experiment was executed at Agricultural Research Station, Tornala, Siddipet (Dt), Telangana State for three years (kharif, 2016 - kharif, 2018). The Original Research Article