Vol. 6, Special Issue 4 (2018)
Impact of resource conservation technologies in rice wheat system of Vaishali district (Bihar)
Author(s): Dr. Devendra Kumar and Dr. Shobha Rani
Abstract: Food prices must remain low so as to satisfy the needs of the urban population. On the other hand, farmers must be assured some profit so that they can support their families. The only way to achieve this is to increase the efficiency of agriculture. The use of resource conserving technologies is a key to achieving this goal. By resource technology we mean any practice that will result in more efficient use of resources or in other words will maximize the returns per unit of input. Efficient use of water, fertilizer, fuel and people in food production must be maximized. The experiment was conducted only due to the low productivity of wheat and rice in the Vaishali district. The main reason for low productivity is due to delay in wheat sowing, high cost of sowing and non availability of labour at the time of sowing. Since in the paddy field sufficient moisture is available after harvesting so direct wheat was sown through different RCTs. The concept was only to check the loss in yield due to late sowing of wheat (@1.5-1.8%/day) Due to non availability of labour also and energy shortages some farmers of the area leave their lands fallow. After the experiments it was observed the production cost with zero tillage ranges from Rs. 1766 to Rs. 1825/ha which was judged as most cost effective method of wheat sowing. Laser leveling or Precision Land Leveling (PLL) allows for uniform distribution of fertilizer and irrigation water. It has been observed through the survey that on a farm of laser leveled or PLL increased production of 30 to 40%/ha because of reduction of tillage in number of field channel. The laser leveling cost ranges from 2500 to 2700/ha. Thus the main cost difference between PLL and other sowing methods was the cost of leveling as the laser leveler was hired. Similarly the cost of land preparation and sowing cost in bed and furrow system was about Rs. 2200/ha and the land preparation and sowing cost under conventional method was around Rs. 2275 to 2390/ha. All of these methods are significantly higher as compared to zero tillage.
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Dr. Devendra Kumar and Dr. Shobha Rani. Impact of resource conservation technologies in rice wheat system of Vaishali district (Bihar). International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2018; 6(4): 163-165.
