Increase in Maize yield of 41.4%
“I discovered that using potash in my field is beneficial and also profitable”
Siddaswami
Farmer: Siddaswami
Crop: Maize
Variety: 30B07
Date of transplanting:
22 December 2013
Date of harvesting:
5 May 2014
Village: Harale
District: Chamrajanagar
State: Karnataka
Farmer’s fertilizer practice
N=120 kg N/ha, P=40 kg P2O5/ha, K=0 kg K2O/ha
Yield with farmer’s fertilizer practice:
2,484 kg/ha
P4L’s fertilizer practice:
N=120 kg N/ha, P=40 kg P2O5/ha, K=60 kg K2O/ha
Yield with P4L’s fertilizer practice:
3,512 kg/ha
Increase in yield with P4L’s fertilizer practice: 41.4%
Price of product: 12.5 Rs/kg
Yield increase: 1,028 kg/ha
Profit increase: 12,850 Rs/ha
Cost of MOP: 1,650 Rs/ha
Net profit: 11,200 Rs/ha
B:C ratio: 7:1