Increased Crop Yield Affected the Improved Cropping System in Agriculture Dry Land
. Rohit
R. B. S. College, Bichpuri, Agra, India.
Jitendra Singh *
School of Agriculture, Uttranchal University, Dehradun, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present study evaluate and disseminate the improved rainfed cropping systems, on farm trials and demonstration was conducted at National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) village Nagla Dulhe Khan. Yield of dry land crops is very low due to various reasons. Farm trials were conducted to evaluate different cropping system practices at village Nagla Dulhe Khan. Trials and demonstrations were carried out at farmer’s field to show the worth of improved cropping system practices for horizontal spread of improved agro-technologies. 54.5 percent increased in the yield was found by adopting intercropping of chick pea and mustard (5:1). Improved cropping system practiced resulted in higher yield, higher net returns and higher B: C ratio over farmers practice.
Keywords: Inter cropping, strip cropping, economics, rainfed, pearl millet, chick pea, mustard.