Estimation of Energy Requirement for Groundnut Cultivation in Karnataka; India

摘要

The energy analysis made in the dry track of Karnataka indicated that cultivation of irrigated groundnut required significantly higher energy than cultivation of rain fed groundnut. Seedbed preparation, weeding, irrigation and harvesting were found tobe most energy intensive operations. The rain fed groundnut required two times more renewable energy than irrigated crop. On the other hand the irrigated groundnut required three times more nonrenewable energy than rain fed crop. Cultivation of rain fedgroundnut was found to be more economical in terms of energy input than that of cultivating irrigated groundnut.