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2014, vol. 39, iss. 3, pp. 41-51
Energy scenario in wheat production and possible way to curtail energy for Tarai condition of Uttarakhand, India
aDirectorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research, Boriavi (Anand), Gujarat, India
bG.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, College of Technology, Department of farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Pantnagar(Uttarakhand), India

emailraghuraj9271@gmail.com
Keywords: energy scenario; energy inputs; optimization; energy productivity
Abstract
The production and productivity are directly related with use in unit operation of agricultural production. The variation in yield of crop occurs in India due to wide variation in energy inputs, agro-climatic conditions and resources used. Keeping this in view, a study has been carried out to find the energy scenario of wheat crop and to optimize energy inputs for wheat production in Tarai region of Uttarakhand, India. The scenario shows, energy consumption was highest in tractor farm followed by mixed farm in wheat crop for Tarai region of Uttarakhand. In general, it was observed that fertilizer was the highest energy consuming source for wheat production. Threshing was highest energy consuming operation, which generally ranged from 31 to 36 per cent of total operational energy. The consumption of total energy ranged from 16308 to 20157 MJ-ha-1 for wheat crop in Tarai region. The yield and energy productivity of wheat crop can be improved by using optimum energy resource allocations obtained through optimization by 4150 to 6000 kg-ha-1 and 0.254 to 0.418 MJ-kg-1 respectively. Through use of optimization technique and recommended package of energy inputs the easily achievable yield in case of wheat is 6000 kg-ha-1 in Tarai region of Uttarakhand.

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article language: English
document type: Original Scientific Paper
published in SCIndeks: 08/05/2015

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