Zero tillage can be a way to minimize the cost of cultivation in wheat crop. Sri Ram Jeewan Pandit, from Sakrauli village in Cheriya Bariyarpur block of Begusarai district, is a small land holding farmer. In 2019, frontline demonstration programme on “sowing of wheat by zero tillage method” on 0.74 acre land of Sri Ram Jeewan Pandit has been demonstrated by KVK Begusarai. In zero tillage method more production was observed than traditional method of cultivation. The production was 23q/acre and 20q/acre in case of zero tillage and traditional method respectively, correspondingly the total income in case of zero tillage was Rs. 39,100 which was found 15 percent more than traditional method. Similarly overall benefit in case of traditional method was Rs. 22,920 and in case of zero tillage technology was Rs. 32,260.
Zero tillage, wheat cultivation, conservation technology
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