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TABLE 6:
Diesel consumption intensity (kg/ha) of the operations.
Year
Mechanized
Tillage
Mechanized
Sowing
Mechanized
Harvesting
Mechanized
Irrigation
1996
33.47
10.46
7.49
598.99
1997
34.16
10.19
7.90
607.62
1998
34.12
9.90
9.16
586.66
1999
32.66
9.51
9.75
567.48
2000
32.53
9.61
10.22
533.29
2001
32.84
9.49
11.66
552.11
2002
32.89
9.34
12.77
517.31
2003
33.89
9.79
17.19
476.54
2004
33.35
9.47
18.05
496.21
2005
33.00
9.36
19.73
483.05
2006
33.74
9.38
21.70
476.45
2007
33.11
9.20
22.11
443.55
2008
33.06
9.16
23.89
420.89
2009
32.72
8.82
25.83
416.73
2010
31.90
8.80
27.27
400.19
7.4.6 DIESEL CONSUMPTION INTENSITY
Table 6 shows diesel consumption intensity in different operations from
1996 to 2010. Little change occurred to the diesel consumption intensity
of mechanized tillage and its value remained at around 33 kg/ha. The die-
sel consumption intensity of mechanized sowing declined slightly from
10.46 kg/ha in 1996 to 8.80 kg/ha. By an annual growth rate of 9.99%, the
diesel consumption intensity of mechanized harvesting increased rapidly
from 7.49 kg/ha in 1996 to 27.27 kg/ha in 2010. Because of the popular-
ity of irrigation machinery powered by electricity, the diesel consumption
intensity of mechanized irrigation which is far more than that of other
operations declined from 598.99 kg/ha in 1996 to 400.19 kg/ha in 2010,
with an annual decrease of 2.75%.
