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Rice ecosystem of Chattisgarh can be divided into three major farming situations such as low-land, mid-land and up-land. In the present investigation, two farming situations of rice viz, mid-land and low-land were selected to evaluate the production potential of spices like-coriander, fenugreek and black cumin over traditionally grown crop chickpea during the rainy and winter season of year 2003 and 2004. The result revaled that, in general, the chickpea equivalaent yield was found higher in mid-land situation than low-land situation. Total net income of rice-spice croppping system was higher under mid-land farming situation than low-land farming situation. Among the crops, rice fenugreek gave maximum net returns in both the cropping system followed by black cumin and coriander crop. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]