Productivity and Economics of Cropping Sequences Under Different Irrigation

A field experiment was conducted during 2005-06 and 2006-07 at Water Management Project, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri to compare cropping sequences under different methods of irrigation. Drip irrigation method recorded significantly more sugarcane equivalent yield, system productivity, nutrient use productivity, fertilizer use productivity than other irrigation methods. Brinjal-chilli sequence produced significantly more gross and net monetary returns as well as B:C ratio than sugarcane and cotton-beet ischolar_main sequences. It would be therefore concluded that brinjal-chilli cropping sequence is better cropping sequence than sugarcane under drip irrigation for achieving higher crop productivity and more monetary benefits.