_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: ananya.ghosh0193@gmail.com; International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 9(6): 356-363, 2019; Article no.IJECC.2019.029 ISSN: 2581-8627 (Past name: British Journal of Environment & Climate Change, Past ISSN: 2231–4784) Comparative Study of Energy Utilization and Green House Gas Emission by Hybrid Rice Grown under Two Different Cultivation Systems in Red Lateritic Zone of West Bengal Ananya Ghosh 1* , Snehangsu Das 2 , MD. Hasim Reja 1 and Swapan Kumar Maity 3 1 Department of Agronomy, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia-741252, West Bengal, India. 2 Department of Plant Protection, Palli Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan – 731 236, West Bengal, India. 3 Department of Agronomy, Palli Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan – 731 236, West Bengal, India. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author AG designed the study, performed the statistical analysis, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Authors SD and MHR managed the analyses of the study. Author SKM managed the literature searches. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI:10.9734/IJECC/2019/v9i630121 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Wen-Cheng Liu, Professor, Department of Civil and Disaster Prevention Engineering, National United University, Taiwan. Reviewers: (1) Phyu Phyu Myint, Loikaw University, Myanmar. (2) Xueming Dong, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA. (3) Mingxi Wang, University of International Business and Economics, China. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle3.com/review-history/ 49634 Received 06 April 2019 Accepted 21 June 2019 Published 01 July 2019 ABSTRACT A field experiment was carried out at Agriculture Farm, Palli Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal, India during kharif season of 2015 to compare rice cultivation in conventional transplanting (CT) and system of rice intensification (SRI) in terms of energy use, energy input output relationship and green house gas emission. Results showed that regardless of cultivars, conventional transplanting consumed 62.39% higher energy over SRI. Maximum energy input was associated with non renewable and indirect sources. Higher dose of nitrogenous fertilizer Original Research Article