Influence of Intercropping Ratios on Profitability of Chickpea-linseed Based Intercropping

Gaurav Pratap Singh

Department of Soil Conservation and Water Management, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, 208002, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Munish Kumar

Department of Soil Conservation and Water Management, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, 208002, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Durgesh Kumar

Department of Soil Conservation and Water Management, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, 208002, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Raj Kumar

Department of Soil Conservation and Water Management, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, 208002, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Sanjeev Kumar

Department of Agronomy, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, 208002, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Hanuman Prasad Pandey *

Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, 208002, Uttar Pradesh, India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

A field experiment was conducted on student instructional farm (SIF) at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur during the rabi season 2019-20 and 2020-21, In the present experiment 24 treatments, were laid out in split plot design with three replications, where allocation of treatments to intercropping system with 8 treatments in main-plots and cultural practices in with 3 treatments in sub-plots. Chickpea and Linseed are shown in different ratio with different cultural practices. Chickpea & Linseed (variety avrodhi & shekhar) intercropping was taken for study. The results revealed that the profitability of intercropping system respond significantly with the different treatment combination. The highest cost of cultivation (37231 & 40067 rupees-1) was obtained sole cropping (I1 treatment), gross return (105082 & 116581 rupees ha-1), net return (69181 & 78124 rupees) and benefit cost ratio (1.292 & 1.303) was obtained with treatment {chickpea + linseed (5:1)} during both the years. The treatment combination I5 was gave superior result in terms of gross return, net return and B:C ratio, while maximum cost of cultivation was found in treatment I1 during 2019-20 and 2020-21. 

Keywords: Chickpea, linseed, inter-cropping, profitability


How to Cite

Singh, Gaurav Pratap, Munish Kumar, Durgesh Kumar, Raj Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, and Hanuman Prasad Pandey. 2022. “Influence of Intercropping Ratios on Profitability of Chickpea-Linseed Based Intercropping”. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 34 (15):99-105. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1531013.