Estimation of land use and crop economics of parasai-sindh watershed in semi arid tropics of Central India Kumari Reena, Sharma Babloo1*, Kumari Pratibha2 Agricultural Engineering DepartmentN. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari-396 450, India 1Krishi Vigyan Kendra Jaisalmer-II (Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner), Pokaran, Jaisalmer-345 021, India 2Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005, India *b.sharmabhu08214@gmail.com
Online published on 9 March, 2021. Abstract The watershed geographical area is 12.46 km and the dominant soil class was red followed by black. The crop cultivation area wasmajor in watershed and occupied 88.73% of total area. During Kharif season, the groundnut grown 93% area followed by sesame whereas, wheat was major crop during Rabi season of total cultivable area. The maximum crop productivity was observed in maize and wheat during Kharif and Rabi season, respectively. The highest return per rupees investment was recorded in gram crop followed by groundnut (1.67). The total human days involved in agriculture was recorded148643 in the watershed and it's economic value was accounted INR 22.296 million. Top Keywords Land use, Soil type, Crop economics, Employment generation, Parasai-Sindh Watershed. Top |