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                                                                                                             Zero till cultivation of wheat                

                                                                                            
                           

Zero till cultivation of wheat is being demonstrated in upper and mid gangetic regions by IARI, New Delhi. In upper gangetic regions demonstrations were taken up in Haryana and in mid gangetic region demonstrations were takenup in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and Gaya, Bihar.Significant savings on tillage as well as higher benefit cost ratio were observed in case of zero-tillage than conventional system.


 Table-Impact of zero-till and raised bed planting in wheat in Gaya, Bihar

Technology

Cost of cultivation

Yield (q ac-1)

Gross income (Rs)

Benefi t-cost ratio

Zero-till

14560

19.37

29052

1.99

Conventional

18850

18.12

27186

1.44

 

               

                                                                                                  

                                                        Zero till sowing in paddy harvested fields in the states of Haryana and Gaya, Bihar


 
   
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