1Krishi Vigyan Kendra Jaisalmer-II (Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner), Pokaran, Jaisalmer-345 021, India
2Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005, India
Agricultural Engineering DepartmentN. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari-396 450, India
Online published on 9 March, 2021.
The watershed geographical area is 12.46 km and the dominant soil class was red followed by black. The crop cultivation area wasmajor in watershed and occupied 88.73% of total area. During Kharif season, the groundnut grown 93% area followed by sesame whereas, wheat was major crop during Rabi season of total cultivable area. The maximum crop productivity was observed in maize and wheat during Kharif and Rabi season, respectively. The highest return per rupees investment was recorded in gram crop followed by groundnut (1.67). The total human days involved in agriculture was recorded148643 in the watershed and it's economic value was accounted INR 22.296 million.
Land use, Soil type, Crop economics, Employment generation, Parasai-Sindh Watershed
