Vegetable based diversified farming enhanced farm profitability under sodic environments
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Authors
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Raman Sharma
ICAR–Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
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Kailash Parjapat
ICAR–Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
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Parvender Sheoran
ICAR–Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
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S K Sanwal
ICAR–Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
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P C Sharma
ICAR–Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
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V P Chahal
ICAR–Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
Abstract
For enhancing income of reclaimed or marginal sodic lands irrigated with alkali water, vegetablebased partial crop diversification module was synthesized at farmer’s field under Farmer FIRSTProgramme. Out of total 4.5 acres land area, only one acre was converted into vegetable andfodder based diversified cropping systems depending on the farmer’s resource base and family size/labour availability. Two crop sequences including short duration vegetables in cereal (rice–gardenpea–onion) and fodder (sorghum–cauliflower–okra) based cropping systems enhanced productivityand profitability margins with an additional income of ` 1,11,903 and incremental benefit costratio of 3.74 for each rupees incurred towards the cultivation of vegetable crops compared totraditional rice-wheat system.
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