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VOL. 5, ISSUE 4 (2023)
Intercropping in sugarcane a profitable venture among farmers & yield gaps
Authors
Kedar Nath Rai, Trilok Nath Rai, Traloki Singh, Anjali Sahu, Sanjeev Kumar Rai
Abstract
Population density is rising rapidly and
supply food to such a growing population is a big challenge for farming
community resultantly agriculture people should optimize the use of resource
especially soil. Krishi Vigyan Kendra is working for the transfer of
technologies like inter cropping for the optimum use of soil and other
resources. A survey was conducted with the objective to assess the adoption of
intercropping by the farmers. The total 150 Farmers from 5 villages namely
Padri piperpati from block Bishunpura, Piperaghat from block Seorahi, Purena
Katiya from block Tamkuhi Raj, Premwalia from block Kasia and Manjharia from
block Dudahi was interviewed. The result revealed that in one year cropping
pattern 37.99% farmers were doing intercropping in main (base) crops of Sugarcane,
Banana and Bitter gourd. The oilseed crop toria, pulse crop green gram,
vegetable crop cauliflower,coriander and spice crop turmeric were the selected
intercrops. It was observed that by adoption of intercropping the yield / ha
can be increased from 2.25% to 52.92 % and net return can be increased from
16.67% to 93.59 %. Therefore, it may be concluded that in the one year cropping
pattern inclusion of one intercrop can increase the substantial profit of
farmer’s and availability of food and nutritional security.
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Pages:7-10
How to cite this article:
Kedar Nath Rai, Trilok Nath Rai, Traloki Singh, Anjali Sahu, Sanjeev Kumar Rai "Intercropping in sugarcane a profitable venture among farmers & yield gaps". International Journal of Agriculture and Plant Science, Vol 5, Issue 4, 2023, Pages 7-10
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