SUGARCANE RESEARCH STATION (OUAT), PANIPOILA, NAYAGARH
About the Centre
The Sugarcane Research Station, Panipoila (Latitude - 19o54'- 20o32' N, Longitude - 84o29' - 85o27' E and altitude – 118m above mean sea level) is located at a distance of 12 km from the district head quarters, Nayagarh. The experimental farm at Koska comes under Costal Zone and is situated at a distance of 5 km from the office. The normal rainfall for the region is 1354.3mm with max. temp 33.4oC and min. temp. 22.2oC. Canal irrigation is available from Panipoila M.I.P. and the sugarcane crop suffers from dry spell and moisture stress in summer with an atmospheric temperature of about 45oC. The climatic condition is neither tropical nor subtropical. So the tropical and subtropical varieties of sugarcane perform well in Odisha. There is favourable climate and soil conditions available for sugarcane cultivation.
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Major Sugarcane varieties released from SRS, Nayagarh:
| Sl. No. | Varieties | Area (in ‘000 ha) | Average yield (t/ha) |
| 1 | CoOr 03151 | 3.40 | 110.97 |
| 2 | CoOr 03152 | 2.15 | 106.91 |
| 3 | CoOr 04152 | 2.32 | 118.00 |
| 4 | CoOr 05346 | 1.34 | 104.16 |
| 5 | CoOr 10346 | 0.75 | 108.50 |
| 6 | CoOr 12346 | 0.25 | 112.66 |
Technology/ major intervention which improved the productivity of sugarcane:
• Combined application of farm yard manure-FYM @ 10 t/ha + bio-fertilizers (Acetobacter 5kg./ac + phosphorus solubilising bacteria-PSB 5kg / ac) + soil test based fertilizers (NPK) application produced 26% higher germination and 16% higher yield than recommended dose of fertilizer alone. This exhibits the positive effect of organic manures and biofertilizers on cane yield.
• Ratoon management through trash mulching and inter culture in alternate rows, stubble shaving and gap filling by polybag settlings produced 38% higher cane yield than farmers practice of trash-burning or trash mulching alone. This also adds nutrients to the soil by decomposition of the trash.
• Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) method of planting involves use of less seeds, less water and optimum utilization of fertilizers and land. By adopting SSI method of sugarcane cultivation in demonstrated plots, farmers obtained 20% higher yield and there was saving up to 40% of the cost of cultivation than conventional farmers practice.
• Overnight soaking of three budded setts in 100 ppm ethrel solution followed by gibberillic acid spray @ 35 ppm at 90, 120 & 150 DAP recorded 29% higher germination and 23% higher cane yield than conventional method of planting. This can be adopted by sugarcane farmers to get higher yield.
• Scheduling irrigation with trash mulch under furrow planting method had significant influence on sugarcane yield. Furrow planted crop with trash mulching and all furrow irrigation must be irrigated at 0.80 IW/CPE ratio while furrow planting with alternate skip furrow irrigation after earthing up + trash mulching crop can be irrigated at 1.0 IW/CPE ratio to get similar yield.
Impact of technologies in improving the farmers’ income:
An on-farm trial in a participatory mode was conducted at Patuli Sahi village under Odagaon block of Nayagarh district in Odisha with a view to draw a comparative statement of the advantages of Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) technology of cane cultivation over the conventional three budded setts planting. Twenty-five day old seedlings were planted at 120 cm x 60 cm distance in SSI technology as against three bud setts planted at 90 cm row to row spacing in conventional practice. The study thus revealed that by adopting SSI technology of sugarcane cultivation, the farmers could realize a cane yield of 105 t/ha which was 18 % higher as against 89 t/ha obtained from the conventional method of cane cultivation. The cost of cultivation was Rs.1,69,300/ha in conventional cane cultivation which came down to Rs. 1,51,950/ha when the crop was grown by SSI technology. The gross and net returns were Rs.2,36,250 and 84,300/ha, respectively by adopting of SSI technology as compared to Rs. 2,00,250 and 30,950/ha in conventional cane farming. Sugarcane planting by SSI technology has thus proved to be more productive and economically viable since it also fetched more net returns per unit area for time invested, and can be a better option for the farmers. The SSI technology was also judged as the most sustainable by the farmers in their local agricultural production system.