Author(s):

Vinay Kumar, Neeraj kumar Singh, Swati Nirbhavane and Dr. Ritu Dogra

Abstract: Efficient energy use helps to achieve increased production and productivity. It also contributes to the economy, profitability and competitiveness of agricultural sustainability of rural communities. Study of saffron production system in view of energy consumption was conducted in district Pulwama of Kashmir region. Ten villages from the district were selected on the basis of highest saffron grown area and their average mean data were used. Data and information was collected by using a face to face questionnaire from saffron fields. Results revealed that the total energy used in various production processes for producing saffron was 155880.7 MJha^-1. Amongst the production practices in saffron production, human labour was the most energy consuming input (48.79%), followed by seed (38.41%), nitrogen fertilizer (6.18%) and FYM manure (1.92%). Outputs in saffron are stigma, leaf, flower and corm. Stigma, leaf, flower and corm yields were 1.59, 507, 634.21 and 672.37 kg ha^-1. The total energy input consumed could be classified in saffron fields as direct (50.87%), indirect (49.13%), renewable (89.13%), and non-renewable energy (10.86%). The share of renewable energy input used in total energy input was around 8 times more than non-renewable energy in saffron fields. Energy use efficiency Specific energy, energy productivity and net energy were found to be 0.18, 40383.60 MJ Kg^-1, 2.4×10^-5 Kg MJha^-1and – 127,254.51 MJha^-1 respectivelly.

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