Factors Influencing the Adoption of Paddy Straw Management Practices by Farmers of Karnataka (India)

Rice occupies a pivotal place in Indian agriculture and it contributes about 13 per cent of annual agriculture GDP and provides 43 per cent calorie requirement for more than 70 per cent of Indian population. This study was conducted in Thungabhadra area of Karnataka and it is also called as ‘Rice Bo...

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Published in:Current Agriculture Research Journal 2018-08, Vol.6 (2), p.225-232
Main Authors: Chendrashekhara, Sangmesh, G. B, Lokesh, S. Patila, Suresh, Lokeshaa, H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural economics
Agricultural equipment
Agricultural practices
Agriculture
Animal feed
Brassica
Burning
Climate change
Combine harvesters
Cotton
Crop residues
Crops
Cultivation
Economic impact
Environmental health
Farm management
Feeds
Global warming
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Groundnuts
Harvest
Jute
Livestock
Livestock farming
Mustard
Nutrients
Public health
Rapeseed
Residues
Rice
Straw
Sugarcane
Variables
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Summary:Rice occupies a pivotal place in Indian agriculture and it contributes about 13 per cent of annual agriculture GDP and provides 43 per cent calorie requirement for more than 70 per cent of Indian population. This study was conducted in Thungabhadra area of Karnataka and it is also called as ‘Rice Bowl of Karnataka’, since it occupies nearly 65 per cent of total (3.63 lakh ha) area of paddy in Karnataka. In this area, paddy-paddy system is the predominant cropping system. Paddy crop residues include any biomass left in the field after grains and other economic components have been harvested. Crop residues are also a principal source of carbon, which constitutes about 40 per cent of the total biomass on dry weight basis. Crop residues were considered as precious commodity because it can be used as a feed for the fodder and mulching for various crops and must never be considered as waste. The paddy residues are typically burnt on-farm across different regions of this area. The problem is more severe in the head and mid region of this area, particularly in the mechanized harvesting in paddy-paddy cropping system. There are four methods of residue management practices, these are as removal of straw and burning of stubble, burning of straw and stubble, removal of straw and incorporation of stubble and incorporation of straw and stubble among, which removal of straw and burning of stubble (42.45 %) is the major one. The main reasons for burning of residues are low cost and labour scarcity. Total cost of cultivation of paddy per acre was found to be marginally lower burning of straw and stubbles method as compared (₹ 38411/acre) to incorporating straw and stubbles (₹ 41845/acre) method.
ISSN:2347-4688
2321-9971
DOI:10.12944/CARJ.6.2.13