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Evaluating the trade-offs and sustainability of minimum tillage and crop-residue addition for food production in the dryland tropics

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/12003/
https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v92i7.110113
 
Title Evaluating the trade-offs and sustainability of minimum tillage and crop-residue addition for food production in the dryland tropics
 
Creator Kumari, A
Chander, G
Laxminarayana, P
Reddy, S N
Padmaja, G
Wani, S P
Dixit, S
 
Subject Chickpea
Pigeonpea
Drylands
 
Description A long-term study was carried out at ICRISAT farm, Patancheru (India) during rainy (kharif) season 2009–18 with an objective to evaluate impact of tillage (minimum/conventional) and residue (addition/removal) management practices on production capacity and sustainability of maize-chickpea sequential and maize+pigeonpea intercropping systems. The experiment was laid out in spilt plot design with 4 replications. The effects of residue addition were inconsistent till the third year of experiment. However, yield benefits from residue addition became apparent fourth year onwards. After 7 years, residue addition showed significant yield benefits to the tune of 9–25% during 2016–17 (8th cropping cycle) and 18–31% during 2017–18 (9th cropping cycle) in both cropping systems. Residue addition also resulted in additional net income of `16,900/ha to `22,980/ha compared to no-residue addition. Minimum tillage in general tended to result in yield loss over normal tillage since beginning. During 8th and 9th cropping cycles, there was net annual loss up to `5400/ha under minimum tillage. Alongside productivity and economic benefits, at the end of 8th year i.e. 2016–17, residue addition showed improved soil health and sequestered around 300 kg carbon/ha/year.
 
Publisher ICAR
 
Date 2022-04-06
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Identifier Kumari, A and Chander, G and Laxminarayana, P and Reddy, S N and Padmaja, G and Wani, S P and Dixit, S (2022) Evaluating the trade-offs and sustainability of minimum tillage and crop-residue addition for food production in the dryland tropics. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences (TSI), 92 (7). pp. 857-861. ISSN 0019-5022