Vol. 7, Issue 1 (2019)
Impact of laser land levelling technology on rice-wheat production in Haryana
Author(s): Sanjay Sapkal, BJ Deshmukh, Pramod Kumar, Amit Kar and GK Jha
Abstract: The paper has compared the economics of wheat as well as paddy production in North- Western Indo-Gangetic Plains of Haryana under laser land levelling and conventional methods and assessed the contribution of technology and inputs to the increased productivity due to laser land levelling (LLL). The net income has been found higher in LLL method, mainly due to incremental gain in productivity compared to that in conventional method. The study has observed that LLL technology has potential to provide additional income to farmers and help in conservation of scarce resources. The decomposition of productivity revealed 55 per cent and 12 per cent of the difference in productivity of wheat and paddy, respectively due to LLL and the rest due to changes in input use. In all, about Rs. 35244 of net incremental benefit was derived from per LLL operation. The LLL technology has thus proved to be a boon in rice-wheat system for water saving and better yield. Still apart from various advantages of technology there are number of constraints which restrict its widespread adoption. One major constraint identified as the lack of technical knowledge followed by high cost of levelling. Therefore, the study has suggested to raise the knowledge level of the farmers along with more exposure to the extension agencies to enhance the adoption of LLL.
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Sanjay Sapkal, BJ Deshmukh, Pramod Kumar, Amit Kar, GK Jha. Impact of laser land levelling technology on rice-wheat production in Haryana. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(1):641-646.
