Energy use in production of cotton in Bikaner district of Rajasthan

摘要

The analysis of energy requirement revealed that maximum use of energy was in irrigation, seedbed preparation and picking in cotton. The operational energy was found highest on large farms followed by medium and small farms. The source wise energy analysis revealed that fertilizer, diesel, human labour and chemicals were main energy inputs, which affected the cotton production. The maximum use of renewable energy was on small farms while non renewable energy use was maximum on large farms. In cotton,the energy ratio was 3.1 suggesting that cotton crop was highly remunerative crop. The analysis of functional relationship between cotton yield and energy inputs revealed that machinery and irrigation energy contributed significantly to the cotton yield.