Year | Treatments | Yield (t ha−1) | Cost of cultivationb (USD ha−1) | Gross returns (USD ha−1) | Benefit:cost ratio |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | Biocontrol practicea | 71.66 | 1803.08 | 3140.61 | 1.74 |
Farmers’ practice | 79.10 | 1828.70 | 3466.68 | 1.90 | |
Untreated control | 65.22 | 1793.56 | 2858.36 | 1.59 | |
2016 | Biocontrol practicea | 72.00 | 1816.09 | 3129.97 | 1.72 |
Farmers’ practice | 84.25 | 1878.72 | 3662.51 | 1.95 | |
Untreated control | 65.60 | 1801.36 | 2851.75 | 1.58 | |
2017 | Biocontrol practicea | 70.62 | 1996.24 | 3316.53 | 1.66 |
Farmers’ practice | 82.37 | 2064.73 | 3868.35 | 1.87 | |
Untreated control | 63.95 | 1980.59 | 3003.29 | 1.52 | |
2018 | Biocontrol practicea | 71.15 | 1891.93 | 3161.32 | 1.67 |
Farmers’ practice | 83.88 | 1958.22 | 3726.93 | 1.90 | |
Untreated control | 56.50 | 1877.60 | 2510.39 | 1.34 | |
2019 | Biocontrol practicea | 70.18 | 1895.14 | 3047.88 | 1.61 |
Farmers’ practice | 84.02 | 1959.93 | 3648.95 | 1.86 | |
Untreated control | 64.00 | 1881.13 | 2779.49 | 1.48 | |
Pooled mean | Biocontrol practicea | 71.12 | 1879.80 | 3156.45 | 1.68 |
Farmers’ practice | 82.72 | 1937.52 | 3673.57 | 1.90 | |
Untreated control | 63.05 | 1866.14 | 2796.22 | 1.50 |