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Energy use pattern in wheat crop production system among different farmer groups of the Himalayan Tarai region

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Title Energy use pattern in wheat crop production system among different farmer groups of the Himalayan Tarai region
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Creator Rajat Kumar Sharma
T. K. Bhattacharya
Akanksha Kumain
Priyanka Chand
Sandip Mandal
Deepshikha Azad
 
Subject Agriculture
energy use pattern
farmer groups
wheat crop
 
Description Not Available
This study examines the energy use pattern in wheat
crop cultivation in the Himalayan Tarai region of
India among different farmer groups. A total of 250
farmers from 59 villages were interviewed and information
on various inputs in wheat crop production
was collected during 2015–16. Based on the information,
all the inputs in wheat crop production were
identified and converted into energy using standard
energy equivalents. Results showed that the total
energy expenditure in wheat crop production in the
region was 20497.1 MJ/ha in which fertilizer, fuel and
seed shared 85% of the total energy. Fertilizer alone
accounted for 50.2% of total energy followed by fuel
(22.6%). It was estimated that farmers of the large
and medium category used more energy compared to
those having small landholding, but also produced
more grains. Operation-wise, fertilizer application
consumed maximum energy followed by tillage operation.
The average value estimated for output-to-unit
input energy ratio was 3.02, whereas it was 3.26, 3.15,
3.14, 3.11 and 2.95 for large, medium, semi-medium,
small and marginal category farmers respectively. It
can be concluded from the present study that energy
consumption has a positive relationship with yield
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Date 2021-07-27T17:17:41Z
2021-07-27T17:17:41Z
2020-02-01
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
10.18520/cs/v118/i3/444-448
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/50317
 
Language English
 
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Publisher IISC