Vol. 8, Special Issue 6 (2020)
Land shaping to enhance productivity and economic benefit in coastal region of West Bengal
Author(s): Abhijit Saha, D Dutta, TL Thentu and Sonali Biswas
Abstract: Field experiment was conducted in low-lying coastal region of West Bengal to evaluate the impacts of the farm-pond land shaping technology on crop productivity and economic returns. A land shaping model for small holding of 0.30 ha was developed with excavated pond area 0.06 ha, raised land 0.20 ha, land embankment 0.01ha andpond embankment 0.017 ha. The pond size of 72 ft × 60 ft × 9 ft was capable of harvesting 10 acre-inches of rainwater, using for irrigation to rabi vegetables and banana grown on embankments, and also for fisheries and duckery. Results showed that the land shaping programme has converted the mono-cropping situation into multiple cropping with a value crop diversification index 0.81. Besides the creation of additional 410 man-days per annum, the net return from land shaping of 0.3 ha was Rs. 17986 with multiple cropping as against Rs. 2652 from mono-cropped with kharif paddy before land shaping. The net present value of benefit was Rs. 1,17,387 and benefit-cost ratio was 1.97, which was quite encouraging for the farmers to adopt this eco-friendly technology in fragile coastal ecosystem.
DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i6c.11065
Pages: 153-155 | 452 Views 83 Downloads
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Abhijit Saha, D Dutta, TL Thentu and Sonali Biswas. Land shaping to enhance productivity and economic benefit in coastal region of West Bengal. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2020; 8(6): 153-155. DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i6c.11065
