Sustaining farm productivity through watershed based participatory balance nutrient management: A case study from Semi-Arid Tropics of central India

Abstract

Participatory trials on balance nutrients were conducted during 2009–12 in a severely micronutrient deficit semiarid central Indian watershed to promote balance use of nutrients. Application of micronutrient increased groundnut pods plant−1 by 9%, seeds pod−1 by 6% and pod yield by 13% (1132 kg ha−1) compared to control in entry point trials. Similarly, chickpea variety