Economic Feasibility of Cabbage Production under Polyhouse Conditions in Semi-Arid Tropics
Journal Title: International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (IJASR) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
Polyhouse cabbage production in semiarid tropical climate suffers from sustainable yields due to lack of optimized irrigation and fertigation levels. The present study is aimed to investigate the economic feasibility of cabbage production in agro-climatic conditions of Southern Telangana. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three levels of irrigation and fertigation, replicated thrice to keep the error degree of freedom in limits. The treatments were PHC + Drip irrigation(0.75 Epan) + 100 % N (T1), PHC + Drip irrigation (0.75 Epan) + 125 % N (T2), PHC + Drip irrigation(0.1 Epan) + 100% N (T3), PHC + Drip irrigation(1.0 Epan) + 125 % N (T4), PHC + Drip irrigation(1.25 Epan) + 100 % N (T5), PHC + Drip irrigation(1.25 Epan) + 125 % N (T6), OFC + Drip irrigation(1.0 Epan) + 100 % N (T7), OFC + Drip irrigation(1.0Epan) + 125 % N (T8). Economic analysis of polyhouse production among the treatments indicated that maximum net returns ( 41,861.80 ha-1) and B: C ratio (1.80) were associated with PHC + Drip irrigation (1.0 Epan) + 125% N, while the least net returns ( 3281.56 ha-1) and B: C ratio (1.06) were observed with OFC + Drip irrigation (1.0 x Epan) + 100% N. The polyhouse grown cabbage production in 384 m2 area is economically viable with B: C ratio of 1.8 and payback period of 4years and 1 month with present level of irrigation and fertigation.
Authors and Affiliations
P. Purushotham, K. Sadhana, K. Srinivas Kumar
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