Record Details

Performance of improved practices in farmers’ fields under rainfedand supplemental irrigation systems in a semi-arid area of Pakistan

MELSpace

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title Performance of improved practices in farmers’ fields under rainfedand supplemental irrigation systems in a semi-arid area of Pakistan
 
Creator Mahmood, Abid
 
Contributor Oweis, Theib
Ashraf, Muhammad
Majid, Abdul
Aftab, M.
Aadal, N.K.
Ahmad, I.
 
Subject raised bed sowing
net income
crop intensification
Wheat
 
Description In Pakistan, like many of the developing countries, crop yields under dryland agriculture are very low.This field research aimed at investigating improving land and water productivities and farmers’ incomesthrough improved water management, crop intensification and diversification under rainfed and supple-mental irrigation (SI) conditions. With improved packages (e.g. high yielding varieties, appropriate seedrates, time of sowing, and use of fertilizers) an average of 31% higher yields of rainfed wheat (Triticumaestivum) were obtained by farmers compared to their traditional practices. The net income under theimproved package was about Rs. 70,000/ha (1 US$ = Rs. 72), almost double that under farmers’ currentpractices. The highest wheat yield of 5102 kg/ha obtained in small plots was 28% higher than for farmers’current practices; followed by the raised bed yield of 4776 kg/ha. With only 20% extra cost for waterused as SI for small plot sowing with improved practices, there was 47% higher wheat yield and over 60%higher net income obtained compared to farmers’ practices. Similarly, with about 10% additional cost forSI, groundnut (Arachis hypogea) yield and net income increased up to four times compared to farmers’practices. It may be concluded that, in this environment, much of the yield gap between farmers andresearch may be closed by adopting simple and low cost integrated packages.
 
Date 2015-06-30
2016-05-05T11:58:55Z
2016-05-05T11:58:55Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/dspace/limited
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378377415000815
Abid Mahmood, Theib Oweis, Muhammad Ashraf, Abdul Majid, M. Aftab, N. K. Aadal, I. Ahmad. (30/6/2015). Performance of improved practices in farmers’ fields under rainfedand supplemental irrigation systems in a semi-arid area of Pakistan. Agricultural Water Management, 155, pp. 1-10.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/4736
Timeless limited access
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Elsevier Masson
 
Source Agricultural Water Management;155,(2015) Pagination 1,10