Total Energy Input in Agro Climatic Zones
Energy in one form or another is a crucial input to agricultural production. Continually rising prices, increasing proportion of commercial energy in the total energy input to agriculture and the growing scarcity of commercial energy sources, such as fossil fuels, have necessitated the more efficient use of these sources for different crops. Wheat is one of the important crops of the Punjab state. The area under wheat has gone up to 3.33 Mha in 1996–97 from 1.4 Mha in 1960–61, i.e. an increase of 138%. During the same period, the productivity of wheat increased by 173% from 1244 to 3397 ...
