Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Shailaja Kola and Murali Bellamkonda

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif in three consecutive years 2016, 2017 & 2018 at three locations in farmer’s fields, which includes Dasarigudem, Elikatte, and Ramannapet villages of Erstwhile Nalgonda district. In on farm trails (OFT) compared the performance of growing cotton crop under drip irrigation and conventional farmer practices. The average seed cotton yield (1950 kg Ac^-1, 1920 kg Ac^-1, 1816 kg Ac^-1), gross returns (Rs. 78975 Ac^-1, Rs. 97536 Ac^-1, Rs. 78451 Ac^-1), net returns (Rs. 49375 Ac^-1, Rs. 67786 Ac^-1, Rs. 58611 Ac^-1), B:C ratio (2.66, 3.27, 3.95) at all three locations during kharif season, respectively recorded the highest in drip irrigation system than the farmers practice.