aDepartment of Agricultural Economics, COH, Mudigere-577 132, Karnataka
bDepartment of Agricultural Economics, COA, Dharwad-580 005, Karnataka
cDepartment of Agricultural Economics, COA, Vijayapur-586 102, Karnataka
dRani Channamma University, Belagavi-591 156, Karnataka
eDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, COA, Dharwad-580 005, Karnataka
fDepartment of Agricultural Extension Education, COA, Dharwad-580 005, Karnataka
Online published on 20 November, 2017.
This study was conducted in two districts of Northern Karnataka, namely, Bidar and Kalaburgi by selecting 60 farmers practising sprinkler irrigation and 60 farmers practising conventional method of irrigation for cultivation of tur following purposive multistage random sampling procedure. The study has revealed that the per hectare net returns and B: C ratio obtained under the sprinkler irrigated farms were both high ( 86, 084/ha and 2.59, respectively) than under the conventional irrigated farms ( 50, 150/ha and 2.02, respectively). The discounted benefit cost ratio, net present value, internal rate of returns were higher and pay back period was lower in the case of sprinkler irrigated farms vis-à-vis conventionally irrigated farms. The water-use efficiency was also more under sprinkler irrigation system (2.64 q/ha cm) than under conventional method of irrigation (0.89 q/ha cm). Thus, cultivation of tur was found to be more profitable and financially feasible under the sprinkler irrigation system than under conventional method of irrigation.
Sprinkler irrigation, tur, net returns, benefit-cost ratio, water-use efficiency, Karnataka
