Groundnut yield up by 55.7% with correct application of potash

“Potash boosted my farm’s productivity and my income improved significantly”
Bhola Ram Singhrol

Farmer: Bhola Ram Singhrol

Crop: Groundnut
Variety: Local

Date of sowing: 27 December 2013
Date of harvesting: 10 April 2014

Village: Chhirah
District: Bilaspur
State: Chhatisgarh

Farmer’s fertilizer practice:
N=47 kg N/ha, P=34 kg P₂O₅/ha, K=0 kg K₂O/ha
Yield with farmer’s fertilizer practice:
1,875 kg/ha

P4L’s fertilizer practice:
N=47 kg N/ha, P=34 kg P₂O₅/ha, K=74 kg K₂O/ha
Yield with P4L’s fertilizer practice:
2,920 kg/ha

Increase in yield with P4L’s fertilizer practice: 55.7%

Price of product: 40 Rs/kg
Yield increase: 1,045 kg/ha
Profit increase: 41,800 Rs/ha
Cost of MOP: 2,076 Rs/ha
Net profit: 39,724 Rs/ha
B:C ratio: 19:1