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Comparison of natural farming with organic and conventional farming practices in green gram-paddy cropping system

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Title Comparison of natural farming with organic and conventional farming practices in green gram-paddy cropping system
 
Creator Malakannavar, Siddu
Ananthakumar, M A
Sanjay, M T
Divyashree, K S
Nagaraju, M C
Bindushree, C
Shivakumar, M N
 
Subject Green gram
Natural farming
Nutrient balance sheet
Paddy
Weed control efficiency
 
Description 771-779
Natural farming system (NFS) is one of the traditional cultivation methods to cut down production costs as well as
dependence on external inputs. Being considered as an agro-ecologically diverse farming practice, it brings a host of
ecological and social benefits. In order to know the sustainance of natural farming practice, field experiments were
conducted at Zonal Agriculture Research Station (ZARS), V.C. Farm, Mandya, Karnataka, India for consecutive years
(2019 to 2022). The experiments were laid out in a randomized complete block design comprised of five replication and four
different farming practices as treatments namely, absolute control (AC), organic production system (OPS), Natural farming
system (NFS) and recommended package of practice (RPP) of UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru. The pooled data of farming
practices indicated significant variation in growth, yield and nutrient uptake, among farming practices significantly higher
growth, yield and nutrient uptake were recorded with RPP both in green gram and paddy. The results of four years pooled
data indicated that compared to conventional farming practice, natural farming recorded decreased yield of 134 (23.53%)
and 3350 kg ha-1 (74.49%) in green gram and paddy, respectively. Also recorded 33.38% and 30.23% weed control
efficiency by mulching in green gram and paddy, respectively. Based on this study we found that low nutrient demanding
crops such as green gram (Pulses) are more suitable under natural farming compared high nutrient demanding crops viz.,
Paddy. Yields under natural farming can be enhanced by application of Farm yard manure and other natural sources for
plant nutrition.
 
Date 2024-08-22T06:49:15Z
2024-08-22T06:49:15Z
2024-08
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/64434
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v23i8.2914
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.24: A01G 22/22, A01G 22/40, A01M 21/00
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJTK Vol.23(8) [August 2024]