ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS OF TURMERIC IN DALBERGIA SISSOO BASED AGRISILVICULTURE SYSTEM IN CENTRAL INDIA

Dalbergia sissoo DC. (Family: Fabaceae) is a medium to large deciduous tree, is locally called “shishu” or “Shisham” is a fast-growing, hardy, deciduous rosewood tree native to the Indian subcontinent and southern Iran and also is a multipurpose tree with uses as timber, fuel wood, fodder and shade provides, besides being an excellent nitrogen fixer. The Present investigation was conducted in a D. Sissoo turmeric agrisilviculture system to find out Economics of Turmeric. The turmeric crop was sown in the interspace of a 16 year old Dalbergia sissoo plantation, planted at a spacing of 5mX5m. The effect of different pruning on fresh yield was found significant. The maximum fresh yield of rhizomes (3385.9 kg/ha) was measured under 25% pruning followed by 50% pruning (3221.3 Kg/ha), no pruning and open conditions. Whereas, the lowest fresh yield of rhizomes (2960.6 kg/ha) was recorded under 75% of pruning. Gross monetary return was more in pruning treatment (i.e. managed Agrisilviculture system) as compared to no pruning treatment (i.e. unmanaged Agrisilviculture system). Among different pruning treatments, 25% pruning gave higher gross monetary return and decreased with increasing pruning intensities resulted 75% pruning recorded the lowest gross monetary return.