A Study on Economic Viability and Feasibilty of Different Value Added NADEP

An attempt was made to explore the possibilities of use of biofertlllzers’ utilization for minimizing the use of chemical fertilizers In crop production. The experiment was conducted at the Horticultural Research Centre of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patei University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.) during 2006–07 to evaluate the economic viability and feasibility of NADEP compost. The experiment consisted of five different treatments viz., T1 (Normal NADEP), T2 (Normal NADEP + 50 Kg. Urea), T3 (Normal NADEP + 1 kg. Azotobacter), T4 (Normal NADEP + 1/2 Kg Trichoderma) and T5 (Normal NADEP + 80 Kg MOP). The economics of preparing the material (Rs/Kg) and the amount of NPK (Rs/Kg) were also found out. The results showed that the treatment (T1) has the minimum cost of production of NADEP compost I.e., 0.068 Rs/Kg, and the maximum was 0.15 Rs/Kg in treatment (T5). The minimum cost of production of N (@7.77 Rs/Kg), P @ (5.98 Rs/Kg) and K (@ 7.01 Rs/Kg) were found in treatment T2, T4 and T1 respectively. Whereas the maximum cost of production of N (@30.58 Rs/Kg), P (@34.75 Rs/Kg) and K (@11.58 Rs/Kg) was in treatment T5.