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Not AvailableField experiment was conducted at Hyderabad for three consecutive years from 2005-06 to 2007-08 to study the effect of integrated nutrient management practices on the productivity and profitability of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L) based cropping systems (greengram-safflower, soybean-safflower, maize-safflower) under rainfed conditions in deep Vertisols of Semi Arid Tropics. The response of rainy and post-rainy season crops to nutrient management practices differed between the years. Seed yield of green gram with combination of organic and inorganic sources of fertilizer (640 kg/ha) was comparable with that of application of fertilizer through inorganic source alone (570 kg/ha) across the three years of study. The seed yield of soybean (880 kglha) and maize (950 kglha) were significantly lower with the combination of glyricidia loppings (2 tlha) and safflower residues (3 tlha to soybean; 6 tlha to maize) and inorganic fertilizer than that of other organic and inorganic combinations (1100; 1250 kglha) or inorganic source alone (1180; 1350 kg/ha) in the first year. In second and third year of study, seed yield of soybean and maize with the combination of glyricidia, safflower residues and inorganic fertilizer (2170; 4500 kglha) was comparable with all other treatments (2170; 4590 kg/ha). Effect of preceding crops on safflower productivity was different between the years. Effect of greengram (1700; 875 kglha), soybean (1725; 730 kglha) and maize (1820; 910 \