Productivity of the wheat–rice system is critical to food security in Bangladesh.
An new integrated plant nutrition system was used to improve soil fertility.
Four cropping sequences included legume crops (mungbean, blackgram, dhaincha).
Wheat–mungbean–rice intercrop resulted in 57% higher productivity over 2 years.
SOM, total N, available P and Zn ↑; exchangeable K and available S ↓.