Division of Technology Evaluation and Transfer, Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal - 132001.
Adoption of sodic land reclamation has resulted remarkable farm assets and capital formation on farmer&s field. The total formation was Rs. 4.71 lakh per farm within a period of 10 years just after commencement of the soil reclamation to Rs. 6.18 lakh per farm on the high level of soil reclamation adopter farms. The capital formation tended to increase with increase in the levels of sodic land reclamation. Out of the total capital formed, 48% was on farm building, 28% on farm machinery, 14% on irrigation structure and 10% on livestock. The basic production infrastructures such as normal land, reclaimed sodic land, family workers, farm machinery and irrigation structures played very important role in capital formation at the existing level of production technology prevalent in the Haryana farming system.
