Abstract
Rainfed agriculture is the main source of livelihood for the people in the Kandi region of Punjab. Due to low and erratic rainfall, poor fertility status of the soils and non-adoption of improved land, water and crop management practices, productivity levels of different crops in rainfed areas are not encouraging. Efforts were made to test the important components of dryland agriculture technology against traditional practices being followed by the farmers of village Dada (Nara-Dada watershed) as a part of Operational Research Project (ORP). Overall increase in crop production by use of improved seed over local seed of different crops grown ranged between 15–40%. Seed treatment (wheat) and wider row spacing (wheat and lentil) resulted in a definite and consistent increase in yield as compared to untreated seed and closer spacing. respectively. Fertilizer and weed management were an important aspect for increasing overall crop productivity. Intercropping of raya with rainfed rabi crops viz. wheat, lentil and chickpea increased the crop yield by 10–25%, clearly elucidating the beneficial advantage of intercropping under rainfed conditions. Sowing across the slope of the land tested as soil and moisture conservation measure increased the grain yield of maize and wheat by 22.0 and 41.2%. respectively over along the slope (round about) sowing. Etespite the fluctuations in the rainfall over the five years of the study, improved crop production technologies increased overall crop productivity by 35–72% in comparison to traditional practices. Highest net return was realized from groundnut and chickpea among kharif and rabi crops, respectively.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Improved seed raised crop production over local seed across crops.
Verbatim
e1“Overall increase in crop production by use of improved seed over local seed of different crops grown ranged between 15–40%”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed treatment increased wheat yield compared with untreated seed.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume2 - Treatment
- Seed treatmente2
- Outcome
- yielde2
- Direction
- increasee2
- Comparator
- untreated seede2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e2“Seed treatment (wheat) and wider row spacing (wheat and lentil) resulted in a definite and consistent increase in yield as compared to untreated seed and closer spacing”
Claim · model-written summary
Wider row spacing increased yield of wheat and lentil compared with closer spacing.
- Taxon
- wheat and lentil
Lens culinarisTriticum aestivume2 - Treatment
- wider row spacinge2
- Outcome
- yielde2
- Direction
- increasee2
- Comparator
- closer spacinge2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e2“Seed treatment (wheat) and wider row spacing (wheat and lentil) resulted in a definite and consistent increase in yield as compared to untreated seed and closer spacing”
Claim · model-written summary
Fertilizer and weed management were associated with increasing overall crop productivity.
Verbatim
e3“Fertilizer and weed management were an important aspect for increasing overall crop productivity”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping of raya with rainfed rabi crops increased crop yield by 10–25%.
- Taxon
- wheat, lentil and chickpea
Cicer arietinumLens culinarisTriticum aestivume4 - Treatment
- Intercropping of raya with rainfed rabi cropse4
- Outcome
- crop yielde4
- Direction
- increasede4
- Value
- 10–25%e4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“Intercropping of raya with rainfed rabi crops viz. wheat, lentil and chickpea increased the crop yield by 10–25%”
Claim · model-written summary
Sowing across the slope increased maize grain yield, with a value of 22.0 relative to along-slope sowing.
- Treatment
- Sowing across the slopee5
- Outcome
- grain yielde5
- Direction
- increasede5
- Value
- 22.0e5
- Comparator
- along the slope (round about) sowinge5
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“Sowing across the slope of the land tested as soil and moisture conservation measure increased the grain yield of maize and wheat by 22.0 and 41.2%. respectively over along the slope (round about) sowing”
Claim · model-written summary
Sowing across the slope increased wheat grain yield by 41.2%.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume5
- Treatment
- Sowing across the slopee5
- Outcome
- grain yielde5
- Direction
- increasede5
- Value
- 41.2%e5
- Comparator
- along the slope (round about) sowinge5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“Sowing across the slope of the land tested as soil and moisture conservation measure increased the grain yield of maize and wheat by 22.0 and 41.2%. respectively over along the slope (round about) sowing”
Claim · model-written summary
Improved crop production technologies increased overall crop productivity by 35–72% over traditional practices.
Verbatim
e6“Etespite the fluctuations in the rainfall over the five years of the study, improved crop production technologies increased overall crop productivity by 35–72% in comparison to traditional practices”
Claim · model-written summary
Net return was highest from groundnut in kharif and from chickpea in rabi crops.
- Taxon
- groundnut and chickpea
Arachis hypogaeaCicer arietinume7 - Outcome
- net returne7
- Direction
- Higheste7
- Qualifier
- among kharif and rabi crops, respectivelye7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e7“Highest net return was realized from groundnut and chickpea among kharif and rabi crops, respectively”
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