crop planning
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Agricultural intervention in DBI Command Area
Use of diverted water
Agricultural intervention - Effective crop planning in the
command area- Capacity building of the farmers
- Promotion of suitable cropping system/pattern
- promotion of quality seed/planting material
- promotion of low cost and sustainable methodology
CropGrowing
Period ( No. of days )
Total Water RequirementDaily Water
Requirement
in cm in inches in cmin
inches
Jowar 114 64.25 25.70 0.575 0.23 Maize 100 44.50 17.80 0.450 0.18 Rice 93 104.50 41.80 1.075 0.43 Wheat 88 37.00 14.80 0.425 0.17 Groundnut 124 65.25 26.10 0.525 0.21 Linseed 88 31.71 12.68 0.350 0.14 Cotton 202 105.50 42.20 0.525 0.21 Sugarcane 365 237.50 95.00 0.650 0.26 Tobacco 132 98.00 39.20 0.750 0.30 Onion 120 75.00 30.00 0.625 0.25 Potato 88 30.00 12.00 0.750 0.30 Pea 88 30.00 12.00 0.350 0.14 Mustard 88 25.20 10.08 0.300 0.12 Barley 88 25.20 10.08 0.400 0.16 Oat 88 36.00 14.40 0.400 0.16 Ragi 127 74.50 29.80 0.575 0.23
Water requirement of some common crops
Crop
Growing Period Total Water Requirement
( No. of days ) In cm In Mt In’000 litres per Acre
(4000 Sq mt) Jowar 114 64.25 0.643 2570 Maize 100 44.5 0.445 1780 Rice 93 104.5 1.045 4180
Wheat 88 37 0.37 1480
Groundnut 124 65.25 0.653 2610
Linseed 88 31.71 0.317 1268.4
Cotton 202 105.5 1.055 4220
Sugarcane 365 237.5 2.375 9500
Tobacco 132 98 0.98 3920
Onion 120 75 0.75 3000
Potato 88 30 0.3 1200
Pea 88 30 0.3 1200
Mustard 88 25.2 0.252 1008
Barley 88 25.2 0.252 1008 Oat 88 36 0.36 1440 Ragi 127 74.5 0.745 2980
WATER REQUIREMENT PER ACRE
Name of the Crop Critical Stages Cereals
Rice/Paddy Tillering, Panicle initiation, Heading and Flowering
Wheat Crown root initiation, Tillering to booting
Sorghum Booting, Blooming and Milky Dough Stage
Maize Silking and Tasseling to Dough stage
Pearl millet Heading and Flowering
Finger millet Primordial Initiation and Flowering
Pulses
Chickpea Late vegetative phage
Black gram Flowering and pod setting
Green gram Flowering and pod setting
Beans Flowering and pod setting
Peas Flowering and Early pod formation
Critical Stages for Irrigation in Different Crops
Name of the Crop Critical Stages Oil Seeds
Ground nut Flowering, Peg Formation and Pod Development
Sesame Blooming to Maturity
Sunflower Pre-flowering to Post-flowering
Vegetables
Onion Bulb Formation and Pre-maturity
Tomato Flowering and Fruit Setting
Chillies Flowering and Fruit Setting
Cabbage Head Formation
Potato Tuber Initiation to Maturity
Carrot Root Enlargement
Others
Cotton Flowering and Boll Formation
Citrus Flowering, Fruit Setting and Fruit Enlargement
Mango Pre-flowering and Fruit Setting
Huge number of cropsCereals- Rice, wheat,maize, millets etcPulses- Green gram, black gram,arhar,
pegion pea etc.Oil seeds- Groundnut, mustard, sunflower
etc.Fibre crop= cottonFruits- Mango, Citrus, papaya,cashew, Vegetables- many
Grown in numerous pattern and systemCropping pattern
A cropping pattern is a sequence of crops grown in one calendar year.
Cropping systemA cropping system is a way in which various
crops are grown in the same field. The cropping pattern used on a farm and its interactions with farm resources, other farm enterprises, and available technology which determine their makeup.Mono-croppingSingle crop in a land in a year.
Double croppingTaking 2nd crop after the first
Intercropping-Crops are sown in different rows without affecting the population of main crop when sown as sole crop.Rice+greengram/blackgram (2:1 or 3:1) Rice + Pigeon pea (3:1 or 4:1)Castor + Tubercrop (1:1)Fingermillet + Pigeon pea (2:1 or 3:1)
Mixed cropping-Either sown in rows or mixed without considering the population of either.
Maize + Arhar (2:1)
Relay cropping- Growing succeeding crop in the standing or maturing crop.
Ex- gram in maturing rice crop.
Lay out of a Layout of a Model Kitchen Garden garden (5 cent area) <--------------------------------------------------20m------------------------------------------------------>
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CL P C
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Vermi unit
Nursery Bed (7'x3')
Nursery Bed (7'x3')
CL Curry leave D Drumstick CB Country Bean CLCreeper
KL Kagji lime P Papaya B Banana
Cropping Pattern of the kitchen garden
Plot No.1 Brinjal (Aug-March) Palak (March-May) Cowpea (May-Aug)
Plot No.2 Cowpea (Jun-Sept) Cabbage (Oct-Dec) Bitter guard (March-may)
Plot No.3 Tomato (Jul-Nov) French Bean (Dec-Feb) Cucumber (March-May)
Plot No.4 Cucumber (Jun-Oct) Carrot (Nov-Jan) Chilli (Feb-April)
Plot No.5 Cucurbits (May-Sept) Cauliflower (Oct-Jan) Bitter guard (Feb-April)
Plot No.6 Bhendi (May-Sept) Pea (Oct-Feb) Water melon (March-May)
Plot No.7 Melons (March-May) Capsicum (Jun-Oct) Onion (Nov-Feb)
Plot No.8 Brinjal (Jun-Sept) Radish (Oct-Feb) Greens (March-May)
Plot No.9 Pumpkin (April-Aug) Cluster bean (Sept-Dec) Cowpea (Jan-March)
Plot No.10 Amaranthus (March-May) Cowpea (Jun-Sept) Potato (Nov-Feb)
Plot No.11 Brinjal (Jun-Sept) Pea (Oct-Dec) Tomato (Jan-May)
Plot No.12 Bhendi (Jun-Sept) Onion (Oct-Jan) Chilly (Feb-May)
LAND LESS VEGETABLE GARDEN
Rabi-Paddy cultivation in DBI area
Should not to be promotedBut could not be avoided.The methodology can changesSRI can be a option that reduces the
water requirement as well as other inputs and maximizing the produce
SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION
Younger seedlings (8-12 days
old)
Avoid trauma to roots by quick and shallow planting
Efficient water management
(good irrigation and drainage)
Mechanical weeding
(4 times from 10 DAT)
Use of organics
Reduced population 16 plants m-2 , single plant hill-1
BASIC PRINCIPLES
APPLICATION OF SRI PRINCIPLES IN OTHER CROPS (SCI)
Wheat (SWI) Finger millets Kidney bean(Rajma)
Sugarcane (SSI) Rapseed Soyabean
Other small interventionsPolyhouse-for nursery raisingMulching- for reducing evaporation lossCrop rotation- For reducing disease pest
attack and maintaining soil health
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