Economic Assessment of Mixed Cropping of Alfalfa with Irrigated Annual Cereals

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Economic assessment of mixed cropping of alfalfa with irrigated annual cereals barley, oat and triticale was conducted. A field experiment with 13 treatments was carried out-using randomized complete block design with three replications. For economic analysis, partial budgeting technique was used. Results showed that mixing 20 kgha-1 of alfalfa seed with 150 kgha-1 of oat seed was the most profitable treatment. Net profit of this selected mixed cropping was estimated of 4285.2 million Iranian Rials (IRR) that was greater than net profit of other treatments. Breakeven point of cost for selected treatment (20 kgha-1 of alfalfa seed with 150 kgha-1 of oat seed) as compared to the second and third treatments of priority indicated that even the mean costs of selected treatment (20 kgha-1 of alfalfa seed and 150 kgha-1 of oat seed) increased by 2.8% of second (20 kgha-1 alfalfa seed and 200 kgha-1 of triticale seed) and 5.1% of third (20 kgha-1 of alfalfa seed and 200 kgha-1 of oat seed) treatments, still it was the selected treatment. Breakeven point for gross income for the selected treatment (20 kgha-1 of alfalfa seed and 150 kgha-1 of oat seed) was 23959.2 IRR and 23492.7 IRR as compared with the second (20 kgha-1 of alfalfa seed and 200 kgha-1 of triticale seed) and third (20 kgha-1 of alfalfa seed and 200 kgha-1 of oat seed), respectively.

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Seed and Plant Production Journal
Volume 27, Issue 2
September 2011
Pages 183-194

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