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Wheat is the most important cereal food crop ranking first in India with respect to area and production of the total grain crops. System of wheat intensification depends on the standards of rice intensification.Another wheat cultivation method which demands appropriate plant spacing and plant density which takes into consideration of adequate air circulation, water holding capacity, sunlight and nutrient accessibility which leads toroot development in early phase of plant development till harvesting. SWI is the modified practices, for example, seed treatment, less seed rate, planting of seeds at appropriate distance, which bring about higher proportion of tillers in parent seedlings, expanded number of viable tillers, and bolder grains lastly improved yield of wheat.In conventional system, 100-140 kg/ha of seeds are used by the farmers, however in SWI technique seed used by farmers is just 5-7% of conventionalsystem. SWI is the technique by which productivity can be increased which directly counts to the food security of small land holding farmers.