Impact of laser leveling in pearl millets: a case study of mewat district of haryana

Water is a key factor in increasing agricultural production; its increasing scarcity has resulted into the emergence of various innovative and efficient water management techniques. The present study has been undertaken to assess the impact of laser leveling in crop cultivation for Mewat district of Haryana state. The study is based on the primary data collected from 16 farmers of 7 villages of Mewat selected under NAIP project. The selected farmers cultivated peal millet in the fields where LLL was applied. It has been observed that laser leveling saves 32.18 percent of water in irrigation and decreases weed occurrence of about 27.81 percent. Pearl millets yield increased by 52.77 percent and net profit increased by 141.57 per cent. So lase rleveling was found very effective in water conservation as well as increasing the crop productivity. The major constraint in the adoption of this technology is huge investment on laser leveler, so collective effort or custom hiring can help in this regards.