Abstract:
The agricultural resources are limited while the demand of agricultural products keeps on increasing along with
population. Optimum productivity with limited land will only be a quick solution which farmers can adopt easily
and fill the gap. This paper depicts different crop production scenarios as a way out to agricultural net benefit
optimization. The study considered five main cropping scenarios, viz. LP1, LP2…LP5 as possible plans which
were carried out for each of the three seasons; Kharif, Rabi and Zaid. The study reveals that, for getting optimum
net return from available land and water resources in Kharif season farmers need to grow 280 ha of sugarcane,
69 ha of rice, 10 ha of maize, 50ha of chili, 130 ha of floriculture and 130 ha of folder (Jowar) which can give net
return of Rs. 46,682,310. It was observed that the proposed LP model is appropriate for finding the optimal land
allocation to the major food crops in Kharif season. Sensitivity analysis showed that crop water requirement is
the most sensitive parameter and its changes have the highest effect on the amount of net return in the study
area. Farmers can get higher optimum net return in Kharif season by making some slightly adjustment in the
existing cropping pattern and adopting some in-situ water saving techniques.
