Journal ID : AMA-05-01-2023-11941
[This article belongs to Volume - 54, Issue - 01]
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Title : Profitability of intercropping system in elephant foot yam with short duration vegetables

Abstract :

Elephant foot yam, “The king of tubers”, is a wider-spaced, long duration crop with immense nutritive and therapeutic values. Its initial growth phase is slower and takes 60 days or more to spread. Thereby its inter-spaces can be utilized to grow short duration vegetables crops. In this regard, field experiments were conducted at Horticultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore during two different season (2021 and 2022). Here five treatments including mono-cropping of elephant foot yam (CS1) and intercropping of elephant foot yam with cluster bean (CS2), radish (CS3), amaranthus (CS4) and fenugreek (CS5) were taken and replicated four times. The design of the experiments was randomized block design. The intercropping systems in elephant foot yam exhibited higher profit when compared to mono-cropping. The higher gross return of Rs 518950 and Rs. 429750, net return of Rs. 371325 and Rs. 282125 and B:C ratio of 1:2.29 and 1:1.74 was noticed in season I and Season II respectively when cluster bean is inter-cropped in elephant foot yam. Thus, growing cluster bean with elephant foot yam is recommended for higher profitability.

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