Deptt. of Renewable Energy Sources, College of Agric. Engg. & Tech., Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola - 444 104 (Maharashtra).
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A study was done at the Central Research Station farm Dr. P.D.K.V., Akola and farmer's field at Gudadhi village, to find the energy requirement for sorghum crop production for different farm operations and to establish energy relationships for understanding the energy conversion process. The total input energy required for crop production were 10227.72 and 13338 MJ/ha and total output energies evaluated from grains and biomass were 67585.50 and 57349.50 MJ/ha, respectively, at the Central Research Station farm and farmer's field. The corresponding energy ratio and specific energy were 6.60, 4.30 and 5.20, 7.92 MJ/kg on grain basis for sorghum crop. The above investigation revealed that the energy requirement for sorghum production was lesser than the energy available from the produce at the CRS falm, as compared to farmer's field. This is due to adopting standard practices recommended by Dr. P.D.K.V., Akola on CRS farm and lack of those on farmer's field.
