Performance Evaluation of Wheat Crop under Sprinkler Irrigation System in Southern Haryana

Abstract

The paper examines the performance of wheat crop under sprinkler irrigation system in Southern Haryana. For the selection of sample farmers, multistage random sampling technique was used. At the first stage, two districts namely Bhiwani and Rewari were selected purposively due to high rate of adoption of sprinkler irrigation system. At the second stage, again two blocks from each district were selected purposively and at the third stage two village from each block and fifteen farmers from each village were then selected randomly. Primary data was taken from a total of 120 wheat farmers from various villages. The profitability of adopter farmers was analyzed using Benefit cost ratio concept. Information regarding cost and returns of wheat crop were gathered from sampled farmers for the year 2021-22 and the net return was worked out accordingly. The total variable cost incurred for cultivation of wheat accounted for ₹45958.36 and ₹45655.04 in Rewari and Bhiwani districts respectively. Total cost incurred was ₹86136.85 and ₹85178.89 in Rewari and Bhiwani district respectively. Farmers got higher net returns in Rewari district (₹18665.70) as compared to Bhiwani district (₹18547.61). The B:C ratio over total cost in Rewari, Bhiwani and overall were 1.21, 1.22 and 1.21 respectively.