ENHANCING CROP AND WATER PRODUCTIVITY OF WHEAT IN DIFFERENT ESTABLISHMENT METHODS IN HARYANA: AN ON-FARM STUDY

N. SHARMA¹, A.K. BHARDWAJ², P. SOMAN³*, T. PANDIARAJ⁴, B.K. LABH^5
1Executive Engineer, Irrigation and Water Resources Division, Haryana, India
²Advisor, Jain Irrigation System Ltd. Jalgaon, 425001, Maharashtra, India
³Principal Agronomist (Global), Jain Irrigation System Ltd. Jalgaon, 425001, Maharashtra, India
⁴College of Agriculture, Azamgarh, 276001, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, 224 229, India
⁵Vice President, Jain Irrigation System Ltd. Jalgaon, 425001, Maharashtra, India
* Corresponding Author : dr.soman@jains.com

Received : 01-12-2021     Accepted : 27-12-2021     Published : 30-12-2021
Volume : 13     Issue : 12       Pages : 10986 - 10990
Int J Agr Sci 13.12 (2021):10986-10990

Keywords : Micro-irrigation, Water productivity, Wheat, WUE, Yield
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Jain Irrigation System Ltd. Jalgaon, 425001, Maharashtra, India and Department of CADA, Government of Haryana.
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Increasing productivity of crop and water is one of the crucial requirements of farming. The aim of this study was to estimate wheat yield response to micro-irrigation under different planting methods and work out the water productivity under on farm conditions in Haryana, India. Three establishment methods consisting of conventional wheat sowing, zero tillage sowing and sowing with the happy seeder were field evaluated under three irrigation methods, conventional flood irrigation, drip irrigation and sprinkler irrigation against farmers’ practice. On-farm experimental evaluation of these combinations were conducted at Gumthala Garhu village, Pehowa of Kurukshetra district, Haryana, India from 2018-19 to 2020-21 during rabi season (October-January). The study revealed that both establishment and irrigation methods did not significantly influence grain yield of wheat crop. However, conventional broadcasting and drip irrigation method had higher grain yield. Similarly, PWP and EWP for IWU and TCWU were comparatively higher in the conventional broadcasting plus drip irrigation treatment combination. In the study, drip and sprinkler irrigation methods used 2.43 and 2.01 times lower water to produce one kg grain of wheat than flood irrigation method. The WUE of conventional broadcasting plus drip irrigation method was significantly higher than the WUE in any other methods or combinations. Eventually, our findings indicate that drip irrigation can be adopted in the region to increase water productivity, water use efficiency, optimize grain yield, and minimize water loss

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