Statistical investigation on production, economic and energy potential of crop sequences

To examine production, economics and energy potential of different crop sequences, an experiment was conducted under All India Coordinated Research Project on Cropping Systems at Junagarh, Gujarat in Randomised Block Design with four replications in two phases. During first phase the experiment was started in 1997–98 and continued up to 2000–01 with set of seven treatments. In the second phase the experiment was continued from 2001–02 to 2004–05 with a new set of ten treatments which were formulated through intensification or diversification in the previous set. The results of the analysis indicated that the three crop sequences including onion as one of the crop could preferably be tried at this centre like pearlmillet-onion-cowpea and soyabean-onion-groundnut. It not only enhance the net return but provides also the cereal, pulses, oilseeds including carbohydrates and iron enriched onions, land use efficiency is also found to be maximum of these sequences.