Change in Scenario of Sugarcane Production in Narsinghpur, India, during 2013 to 2016
Avinash Kumar *
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 482004, India.
Aaradhana Patel
Department of Post Harvest Process and Food Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 482004, India.
Atul Kumar Shrivastava
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 482004, India.
Munish Kumar Pandey
Department of Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development, Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
N. K. Khandelwal
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 482004, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the energy inputs and use a pattern per hectare for change in the scenario of sugarcane production in Narsinghpur, India, during the three year cropping pattern from 2013 to 2016.
The data were collected from farmers with the help of pre tested questionnaire or direct interview method. In the selected area of study, all the physical inputs in the form of direct and indirect sources and outputs in the form of yield and by-products are converted into common units of energy (MJ) per unit area (ha).
The result was found during the study, the most energy consuming operation was irrigation, it required maximum energy (66.22%) 311021.7 MJ/ha followed by sowing (10.78%) 43497.6 MJ/ha, fertilizer application (9.99%) 61623 MJ/ha, transportation (7.65%) 31215.45 MJ/ha, intercultural (2.25%) 14646.57 MJ/ha, seedbed preparation (1.28%) 5984.33 MJ/ha, harvesting (0.91%) 3528 MJ/ha, FYM application (0.47%) 6213.09 MJ/ha, plant protection (0.23%) 1843.44 MJ/ha and ratooning (0.13%) 588 MJ/ha in the cultivation of sugarcane from seedbed preparation to ratooning during 2013 to 2016.
Keywords: Sugarcane, scenario change in sugarcane, energy use pattern; energy analysis, Narsinghpur.