Abstract
Engineering interventions helps to maximizing agricultural productivity and profitability with a minimum drudgery to farm workers, especially women.In the present study, nine interventions were demonstrated at Yadgir district by ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra from 2019 to 2024.The direct seeded rice (DSR), drum seeder (DS) and laser levelling (LL) has achieved the water productivity (kg/ha/mm) of 5.90, 4.50 and 4.66 compared to 4.28, 3.39 and 4.66 by saving irrigation water (%) of 22, 15 and 23.17 as compared to transplanting paddy.Use of nipping machine in pigeonpea and chickpea increased yield up to 10.25 (%) and 8.29 (%) compared to farmers practices.Cotton shredder saved 80 (%) and 55.45 (%) of labour and management cost in cotton crop.Compartment bunder in greengram helps to achieve water productivity (kg/ha/mm) and yield (q/ha) of 10.06 and 19.80 compared to 7.5 and 14.75 in farmers practices.Raised bed with plastic mulch in watermelon increased water productivity (kg/ha/mm) and yield (q/ha) of 144.45 and 650 compared to 64.44 and 388 in farmers practices by saving 33.33 (%) of irrigation water.Adaptation of engineering interventions helps to increase water productivity and crop yield by saving irrigation water, time and labour cost.