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TABLE 6
(Continued)
Particulars Drip adopters Non-adopters
Yield per unit of water (Kg/M
3
) 7.1*** 2.8
Yield per unit of energy (Kg/kwh) 22.5*** 8.3
Returns per unit of water (Rs/M
3
) 21.8*** 7.6
Returns per unit of energy (Rs/kwh) 68.1*** 22.9
***, ** and * indicate values are significantly different at 1%, 5% and 10% levels from the
corresponding values of control village.
The economics of coconut cultivation in drip and control village revealed that the
cost saving due to reduction in labor is 63% (Table 7). Similarly, the cost of cultiva-
tion has considerably reduced under drip method registering a reduction of 9.1%. It is
interesting to note that the drip method resulted in high water and energy productivity.
TABLE 7
Economics of crop production (Rs. per ha) for Coconut in sample farms, 2007-2008.
Particulars
Drip adopters
Non-adopters
Quantity of water pumped (M
3
)
13185.5
21584.7
Quantity of energy consumed (kwh)
905.2
5774.9
Cost of labor (Rs.)
4670.1***
12463.5
Capital (Rs.)
29814.4***
32798.3
Yield ('00 nuts)
231.8***
199.4
Gross income (Rs.)
113737.3
85084.2
Gross margin (Rs.)
83922.8
66145.8
Yield per unit of water (nuts/M
3
)
1.8***
1.0
Yield per unit of energy (nuts/kwh)
25.9***
3.8
Returns per unit of water (Rs/M
3
)
6.5***
3.4
Returns per unit of energy (Rs/kwh)
95.5***
12.6
***, ** and * indicate values are significantly different at 1%, 5% and 10% levels from the
corresponding values of control village.
The analysis of economics of crop cultivation under drip and fl ood methods re-
vealed that the drip method of irrigation has signifi cant impact on resources saving,
cost of cultivation, yield of crops and farm profi tability. The physical water and energy
productivity is signifi cantly high in drip method of irrigation over the fl ood method
of irritation.
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