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Research Article | Open Access | Peer Review

ENERGY USE IN CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEM IN TWO DIFFERENT FARM SITUATIONS - A CASE STUDY

Volume : 81
Issue: Jun-jun
Pages: 328 - 330
Published: August 13, 2023
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Abstract


A study was conducted in Ikkaraiboluvampatty village to get an accurate insight into the crop production system. A total number of 15 respondents practicing traditional farm technologies and 15 respondents practicing innovative farm technologies were selected and their energy use pattern assessed. Sorghum crop was considered as a representative crop. On an average the traditional farms utilised 8103.80 MJ/ha and the mechanised farms 10246.00 MJ/ha. The energy imput ratios for both traditional and mechanised farms were 13.23 and 23.78, respectivelly. Thus the energy use efficiency was higher in mechanised farms as compared to traditional farms. Eventhough the input energy was high in mechanised farms, their corresponding increase in output energy showed the relative performance of factor inputs

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328 - 330
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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