Energy use pattern for chickpea production in sample village of Raichur region

GANGAREDDI .; VIJAYAKUMAR  PALLED; K. V.   PRAKASH; V.    RAGHAVENDRA; G. S.   YADAHALLI

doi:10.61475/jfm.v33i02.270

GANGAREDDI . Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Raichur
VIJAYAKUMAR PALLED Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Raichur
K. V. PRAKASH Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Raichur
V. RAGHAVENDRA Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Raichur
G. S. YADAHALLI Department of Agronomy, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, RaichurUniversity of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur - 584 104, Karnataka, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61475/jfm.v33i02.270

Keywords: Chickpea, Energy ratio, Operation-wise energy requirement, Source-wise energy requirement, Specific energy requirement

Abstract

Chickpea is an important grain legume crop in India. Among pulses, chickpea is one of the most importantprotein-rich cool season food legumes grown under rain fed conditions. Presently, there is no database available on energyrequirements for chickpea production in Raichur region. Hence, a study was undertaken to work out energetics of implementpackage commonly used by the farmers. The results indicated that a total input energy required by the different categoriesof farmers MF, SF, MSF and LF were 4836.66, 5595.85, 5764.67and 5721.01MJ/ha for chickpea production. Seedbedpreparation was the major energy consuming operation followed by irrigation and sowing in village. The total energy ratioof different categories of farmers MF, SF, MSF and LF were 3.23, 2.87, 2.77 and 2.96 respectively, while the specific energyand energy productivity for MF, SF, MSF and LF were 5.9, 6.62, 6.9 and 6.43 MJ/kg and 0.17, 0.15,0.14 and 0.16 kg/MJrespectively.