Volume : III, Issue : VI, June - 2014

Economic Aspects of Sugarcane Cultivation in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh

M. Srikala, T. V. Neelakanta Sastry

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The results reveled that the major economic practices were preparation of land, water management, weed control and pest and disease management. Maximum labour absorption was in harvesting (56.98 per cent) followed by irrigation (13.68 per cent) and preparation of setts (7.15) and planting (7.76 per cent) in planted crop on the pooled farms. that the tractor use was 10, 12 and 11 hours per hectare on small, large and combined farms respectively. Transportation of inputs accounted for 100 per cent of total tractor hours on all the farms. The application of chemicals to control weeds on small, large and combined farms was 1, 1.20, 1.10 litres per hectare respectively. The use of rodenticides was to the extent of 8, 10 and 9 kg per hectare on small, large and combined farms respectively

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M. Srikala, T.V. Neelakanta Sastry / Economic Aspects of Sugarcane Cultivation in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh / International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.3, Issue.6 June 2014

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