G. KRISHNA REDDY*, S. TIRUMALA REDDY, N. SUNITHA AND B. RAVINDRANATHA REDDY

Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati-517502.

ABSTRACT

A field experiment entitled “Evaluation of navadhanya crops under strip cropping in farmer’s field” was conducted on farmer field at Sanyasipalle village in Chittor district of Andhra Pradesh during kharif 2019. Field experiment was conducted with three cropping systems as treatments, viz., T₁– Groundnut + red gram (7:1) intercropping system, T₂– Navdhanya as per farmers practice and T₃– Navdhanya crops sown under strip cropping. Results revealed that groundnut + red gram (7:1) intercropping recorded maximum RGSEY (1102 kg ha-1), maximum gross returns (` 75650 ha-1), maximum net returns (` 43199 ha-1) and benefit-cost ratio (2.33) compared with navadhanya as per farmers practice and under strip cropping.

KEYWORDS: Navadhanya crops, intercropping, strip cropping, net returns and gross returns.