Tag: water-efficient crops

Groundnut needs just 3-4 irrigations and 105-120 days, far less than cotton and paddy Yields 7-10 quintals/acre, with ₹8,000 cost and returns up to ₹20,000 Farmers in two agriculture blocks of Bathinda are increasingly turning to groundnut as an alternative kharif crop after repeated cotton losses over the past four years. Encouraged by the state…