Computation of Economic Feasibility of Brinjal and Palak Intercropping System
Sangeet Kumar
Department of Vegetable Science, College of Agriculture, CCS HAU, Hisar- 125004, India.
S. K. Dhankhar
Department of Vegetable Science, College of Agriculture, CCS HAU, Hisar- 125004, India.
Ajay Chauhan
Department of Vegetable Science, College of Agriculture, CCS HAU, Hisar- 125004, India.
Rajesh Kumar
Department of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Agriculture, CCS HAU, Hisar- 125004, India.
Sunil Kumar *
Department of Seed Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, CCS HAU, Hisar- 125004, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Aim/Objective: To evaluate the economic feasibility of brinjal–palak intercropping system.
Study Design: Randomized Block Design.
Place and Duration of Study: Research Farm of the Department of Vegetable Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during 2016-17.
Methodology: Experiment comprised of 11 treatments with three replications of palak (20 x 5 cm) as intercrop with brinjal (60 x 60 cm) and paired row brinjal (30/60 x 60 cm).
Results and Discussion: Brinjal + palak (single row) gave the highest production efficiency (532.3 kg/days), net returns (Rs. 222652) and benefit to cost ratio (3.76) due to low cost of production, closely followed by paired row brinjal + palak (two rows). Paired row brinjal + palak (two rows) intercropping system also exhibited maximum gross returns (Rs. 304598), monetary advantage index (MAI) (Rs.139055), replacement value of intercropping (RVI) (2.47), relative value total (RVT) (3.79) and relative net return (RNR) (2.71). This may be attributed to additional advantage of intercrop yield and higher economic value of intercropping.
Conclusion: From farmer’s point of view, the treatment paired row brinjal + palak (two rows) was considered to be the most remunerative one among all the respective treatments due to its higher MAI, RVI and RNR.
Keywords: Economical analysis, paired row brinjal, intercropping, monetary advantage index (MAI), production efficiency (PE).