The agriculture experts have advised the farmers to commence early sowing of cotton crops by availing ... play a pivotal role in increasing soil fertility if it were used proportionately because ...

Soil Preparation: Soil health is the key to a successful ... Likewise, in Gujarat and Maharashtra, cotton crops in hardpan soils gain from deep tillage to loosen hardpan layers, providing aeration ...

Apart from soil preparation, planting and weeding ... Figure 1: Returns to labor from Bt cotton and conventional cotton in rural India.