Studies on the Economics of Baby Corn Cultivation under Sole and Intercropping with Short Duration Vegetables
T. Anitha *
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, India.
S. Venkatesan
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, India.
P. Soujanya
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A study was conducted on the feasibility of cultivating vegetables including fenugreek, radish, and Amaranthus with baby corn crop and evaluated the effects of intercropping. The study was conducted during rabi season 2022-2023 in farmer’s field of Nambal village, Mancherial District, Telangana to find out the most suitable and profitable baby corn intercropping with different short duration vegetable crops. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with ten treatments which was replicated thrice. The treatments comprised of baby corn as main crop along with radish, fenugreek and amaranthus as inter crops in different combinations and sole cropping of baby corn, radish, fenugreek and amaranthus. The results of the research showed that baby corn + radish + fenugreek intercropping system registered the higher baby corn equivalent yield of 10.44 t ha-1. The highest gross returns (₹322175), net return (₹258758) and returns per rupee invested (Benefit: Cost ratio) was also highest (4.08) in this treatment.
Keywords: Baby corn, intercrops, baby corn equivalent yield benefit, cost ratio, economics