Sher – e – Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology -Jammu, R.S.Pura, Jammu, J&K
*E-mail: sanjaykhar2007@gmail.com
Online published on 27 November, 2013.
The aim of this study was to estimate the amount of input and output energy per unit area of tomato production under dry-land conditions of Jammu in India. A village was selected to assess the resource availability, its utilization pattern of raising tomato crop. The data such as energy inputs in the form of seed, fertilizers, chemicals, irrigation, human, animal etc and output in the form of yield were collected periodically on the pre-tested proforma by a combination of recall method and by taking actual measurements for farmers in the village. The observations on the energy consumption and inputs used for various field activities were collected and the results showed that human labour constituting 65.60% of total energy from different sources was the chief source of power, while Picking, packaging and grading utilized highest operation energy of 2038MJ/ha. The amount of commercial and non-commercial energy consumed was 2837 and 6507 MJ/ha respectively. The benefit: cost ratio was found to be 3.9:1. Based on the findings, it is concluded that it is profitable to raise the crop with the present technology and resource utilizations pattern
Energy inputs, energetics, dry land, human power, energy productivity, Jammu, tomato
