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TABLE 16.11
Water Productivity of Different Crops as Influenced by Different Organic and INM Practices in Various Rainfed Production
Systems across Different Soil Types and Climates in India
Average
Annual
Rainfall
(mm)
Duration of
Permanent
Manurial
Trial
Location/
State
Production
System
Soil Type
Climate
Crop
Average Water Productivity (kg ha
-1
mm
-1
)
Anantapur
(Andhra
Pradesh)
Groundnut
Alfisols
Arid
566
1985-2005
(20 years)
Control
100%
RDF
(20:40:40
N, P
2
O
5
,
K
2
O)
50% RDF
+ 4 t
groundnut
shells per
hectare
50% RDF +
4 t FYM
per hectare
100% organic
(5 t FYM per
hectare
Groundnut
1.38
1.80
1.73
1.80
1.66
Bangalore
(Karnataka)
Finger
millet
Alfisols
Semiarid
768
1978-2005
(26 years)
Control
FYM at
10 t ha
-1
FYM at
10 t ha
-1
+
50% NPK
FYM at 10 t
ha
-1
+ 100%
NPK
Recommended
NPK (25:50:
25 kg ha
-1
,
groundnut; 50:
50:25 kg ha
-1
,
finger millet
Groundnut
0.53
1.72
1.53
1.39
0.94
Finger
millet
0.99
4.02
4.76
4.94
3.19
Solapur
(Maharashtra)
Rabi
Sorghum
Vertisols
Semiarid
723
1985-2006
(21 years)
Control
50 kg N
ha
-1
, urea
25 kg N
ha
-1
, CR, +
25 kg N
ha
-1
, urea
25 kg N
ha
-1
, FYM,
+ 25 kg N
ha
-1
, urea
25 kg N ha
-1
,
CR, + 25 kg N
ha
-1
,
Leucaena
Sorghum
0.84
1.44
1.45
1.47
1.67
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