Evaluation of Agronomic Management Practices on Farmers’ Fields under Rice-Wheat Cropping System in Northern India

Table 2

Grain and straw yield and economics of different agronomic management practices in rice crop (pooled data of four years).

Agronomic management practices	Grain yield (kg/ha)	Straw yield (kg/ha)	Cost of cultivation ($*/ha)	Net returns ($/ha)	Gross returns ($/ha)	Incremental net returns ($/ha)	B : C ratio
T1	3941	5207	366	398	765	—	1.08
T2	4197	5478	375	437	812	39	1.16
T3	4535	5911	388	494	882	96	1.27
T4	5108	6703	410	572	981	173	1.39
SEm	68	97	2	10	11	—	—
cd at 5%	192	276	6	28	32	—	—

$*: US dollar and 1 US $ equals 53 Indian rupees.