Study throws light on groundnut cropping in Anantapur
The Hindu
18 mandals classified as profitable or sustainable
A study conducted by the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) with Maruthi Sankar Ghattamraju, a retired agriculture statistician leading it, on the groundnut growing conditions in 63 mandals of Anantapur district, under rainfed conditions (no irrigation of any kind), has thrown up some interesting facts and insights that will help ground-level farmers. The study from 2001 to 2018 on the impact of total rainfall in a year in that mandal, total cropped area, the length of crop growing period, efficiency of rainwater use, groundnut yield sustainability index, has helped the scientists classify 18 mandals as profitable or sustainable taking into account all parameters.More Related News