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Cost-benefit analyses of paddy yield from sewage-fed and rainfed agroe co systems in Burla town of Sambalpur district,
Odisha, India
Sunanda Sahoo1*, Chumkijini Chhatri1, Fatma Moin Sarin1
School of Life Sciences, Sambalpur University, Odisha, India
Article published on September 09, 2015
Key words: Rice production, National economy, Agroecosystem, Cost benefit analysis.
Abstract
Rice production in India is an important part of the national economy. It is a choice crop for millions of poor and
small farmers not only for income but also for household food purpose. There is a gradual decline in availability
of fresh water to be used for irrigation in India. As a consequence, the use of sewage and other industrial effluents
for irrigating agricultural lands is rising, particularly in peri-urban areas of India. Hence, a case study was
undertaken to analyse the cost- benefit ratio of rice yield in a sewage irrigated and rain fed and pond water
irrigated rice agroecosystem in Western Odisha, India. Use of the domestic wastewater with minimal fertilizers
has shown improvement in the physico-chemical properties of the soil, crop yield and also in the nutrient status
as compared to that of the paddy fields receiving pond water for irrigation along with the use of recommended
dose of fertilizer. The cost benefit analysis indicated higher auxiliary energy input in site I (pond water irrigated
plot) in comparison to site II where sufficient amount of nutrients from sewage were fed to the crops. The benefit
for the farmers practising sewage fed irrigation was found to be nearly twofold when compared to the farmers
practising pond water irrigation. The present case study gives emphasis on use of domestic water irrigation for
grater rice yield and improvement of economic status of the poor farmers of India.
* Corresponding
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Nitrogen
mentioned fields.
by
Autokjeltec
method,
by
available
Fame photometry
method.
Study sites
The study sites are located on two sides of the road
of June to September.
Pattern of Agriculture
Top soil and three rice plant from each plot were
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favorably
of
ground
water
with
fertilizer.
Further,
our
influenced
the
crop
production;
its
pH
OC (g %)
TN (g %)
AP (g/m2)
AK (g/m2)
Site I
Site II
Site I
Site II
Site I
Site II
Site I
Site II
Site I
Site II
D1
7.40.21
6.510.23
1,040.05
1.030.02
0.380.05
0.580.08
0.330.08
2.20.1
24.85.3
35.83.6
D2
7.480.22 6.510.21
1.060.04
1.040.03
0.40.04
0.610.07
0.360.21
2.40.17
26.34.4
37.962.65
D3
7.780.21 6.470.16
0.970.09
1.340.04
0.510.047
0.610.1
3.20.45
3.930.23
22.72.83
40.62.11
D4
7.560.1
0.960.02
1.470.04
0.550.1
0.650.09
2.260.58
3.930.6
20.835.07
30.17.1
D5
7.180.26 6.50.29
0.950.13
1.470.04
0.880.1
0.890.07
3.20.55
5.010.52
20.862.57
35.532.65
D6
7.820.14 6.360.31
1.020.12
1.360.03
1.010.15
1.190.19
3.80.17
5.010.8
22.062.76
32.260.98
6.660.12
Site I indicates pond water irrigated plot and Site II represents Waste water irrigated.
Productivity analysis
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interval.
Cost
benefit
analysis
(INR
Rs/-
expenditure/
income/ acre)
cost, and harvesting cost per acre for both the plots
Fig. 4. Benefit from site I is per acre (all the costs are per acre).
Fig. 5. Benefit from site II is per acre (all the costs are per acre).
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