Table 1.
Scenarios | Field operations | Agronomic inputs | Labor | Harvesting & threshing | Transportation | ||||||
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Tillage | Puddling | Sowing/transplanting | Seed | Fertilizers | Pesticides | Irrigation | Weeding | Input application | |||
Rice | |||||||||||
Sc1 | 1977 | 1381 | 978 | 184 | 14,748A | 1993 | 20,471A | 47.04 | 2394A | 1126 | 385 |
Sc2 | 1977 | 1381 | 978 | 184 | 14,748A | 1993 | 20,471A | 47.04 | 2394A | 1126 | 385 |
Sc3 | 1310 | 0 | 422 | 294 | 13,474B | 351 | 17,727B | 62.72 | 2011B | 1126 | 385 |
Sc4 | 1310 | 0 | 422 | 294 | 13,474B | 341 | 16,692C | 62.72 | 1896C | 1126 | 385 |
Sc5 | 0 | 0 | 422 | 294 | 13,637B | 541 | 15518D | 62.72 | 1765D | 1126 | 385 |
Sc6 | 0 | 0 | 422 | 294 | 12,491C | 541 | 15,518D | 62.72 | 1765D | 1126 | 385 |
Wheat | |||||||||||
Sc1 | 2228 | -NA- | 850 | 1470 | 14,328A | 364 | 3928A | 16 | 471A | 845 | 369 |
Sc2 | 2228 | -NA- | 850 | 1470 | 14,328A | 364 | 3928A | 16 | 471A | 845 | 369 |
Sc3 | 1382 | -NA- | 594 | 1470 | 12,752B | 352 | 3831A | 16 | 453A | 845 | 369 |
Sc4 | 0 | -NA- | 892 | 1470 | 12,752B | 462 | 3236B | 0 | 393B | 845 | 369 |
Sc5 | 0 | -NA- | 892 | 1470 | 11,597C | 462 | 3236B | 0 | 393B | 845 | 369 |
Sc6 | 0 | -NA- | 892 | 1470 | 10,809D | 462 | 3236B | 0 | 393B | 845 | 369 |
Values with different Upper case (A–D) letters are significantly different between each scenarios at p < 0.05 (Duncan multiple range tests for separation of mean).
Sc1, business as usual or conventional tillage (CT) without residue; Sc2, CT with residue; Sc3, reduce tillage (RT) with residue + recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF); Sc4, RT/Zero tillage (ZT) with residue + RDF; Sc5, ZT with residue + RDF + GreenSeeker + Tensiometer; Sc6, Sc5 + Nutrient expert.