PERFORMANCE OF ONION AS INFLUENCED BY TRADITIONAL, INTEGRATED AND ORGANIC MANAGEMENT APPROACHES

S.K. BARAIK¹, D. NAG²*, A. SENGUPTA³, A.K. DUTTA^4
1Department Department of Agriculture, Rural and Tribal Development, School of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Ranchi,834008, Jharkhand
²Department Department of Agriculture, Rural and Tribal Development, School of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Ranchi,834008, Jharkhand
³Department Department of Agriculture, Rural and Tribal Development, School of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Ranchi,834008, Jharkhand
⁴Department Department of Agriculture, Rural and Tribal Development, School of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Ranchi,834008, Jharkhand
* Corresponding Author : sssahebb@gmail.com

Received : 07-03-2016     Accepted : 14-04-2016     Published : 07-07-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 23       Pages : 1467 - 1469
Int J Agr Sci 8.23 (2016):1467-1469

Keywords : Onion, Allium cepa L., Arka Niketan, Yield, Quality, Organic Farming, Jharkhand
Academic Editor : Dr Diwan Singh, Rajdeep Kaur
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

Toxic residual effect of different synthetic chemicals has been reported in produce obtained from conventional farming practices that may cause health and environmental hazards. In the present study, an attempt was taken into account to cope up with such adverse effects of conventional farming. The farmers of Chhotanagpur plateau of Jharkhand mostly characterized by their poor resource availability as well as their utilization and meagre scientific knowledge on modern agricultural practices. Keeping view in mind, the present investigation has been conducted on the influences of traditional, integrated and organic management approaches over the yield and quality attributes of onion cv. Arka Niketan during rabi season of 2011-12 and 2012-13. The experiment was designed after CRBD with three different management practices as treatments viz. Traditional (T1), Integrated (T2) and Organic (T3) along with their eight replications for each treatment. The findings highlighted that the yield and its attributes perform better under integrated management condition culminated with the highest yield (26.52 t. ha-1), but the quality parameters perform well under organic management condition. Similarly, the integrated management approach recorded higher net income (Rs. 170028.00. ha-1) but in terms of benefit-cost ratio organic management, practices (T3) emerged as the best (3.63). Therefore, organic package of practices may be recommended for growing onion even in commercial scale under the Chhotanagpur plateau region of Jharkhand.