~ 1914 ~ International Journal of Chemical Studies 2019; 7(5): 1914-1916 P-ISSN: 2349–8528 E-ISSN: 2321–4902 IJCS 2019; 7(5): 1914-1916 © 2019 IJCS Received: 01-07-2019 Accepted: 03-08-2019 KN Singh PhD Research Scholar, Dept. of Soil and Water Engg., IGKV, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India R Singh Principal Scientist, Soil and water Cons. Engg., ICAR- CAFRI, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India Liansangpuii PhD Research Scholar, Dept. of Farm Engineering, IAS, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India D Khalkho Sr. Scientist, Dept. of Soil and Water Engg., IGKV, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India Correspondence KN Singh PhD Research Scholar, Dept. of Soil and Water Engg., IGKV, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India Comparative study of micronutrient cum fertilizers on crop production and benefit-cost ratio in Babina block, Bundelkhand region KN Singh, R Singh, Liansangpuii and D Khalkho Abstract This review will be focused on the integrated nutrition management to enhance production of crop in Babina block, Bundelkhand region. The aim of this study is to analysis the effect of micronutrient cum fertilizers on crop production and effect on employment generation. It has also reveals the Benefit-Cost ratio of wheat cultivation by adopting micronutrient (Zinc and Boron) with DAP (Study-1) and fertilizers (Urea) with DAP (Study-2) and recorded as 1.478 and 1.429 respectively while the net gain was recorded as Rs. 21,743 and Rs. 17,953 per hectare respectively. Keywords: Micronutrient, fertilizers, crops, crop production, cost analysis and benefit-cost ratio Introduction Soils are dynamic ecosystem that supports a diversity of life. Therefore, the concept of soil quality or health like that of human health, is not difficult to understand or recognized when system is viewed as a whole. The beneficial effects of adding mineral elements e.g. Zinc, Boron etc. To improve the plant growth has been known in agriculture for more than 2000 years. Anonymous (2000) [1] discuss the current use of soil test to predict the probability of crop response to application of fertilizers and consider their possible use for plant growth. Soil testing plays an important role in crop production and nutrition management (Reid, 2006) [4] . For high productivity rate large amount of fertilizers are used and due to that result soil fertility reduced with constant rate and becomes in fallow condition. Under the present scenario, India’s land resources are under immense pressure. These share only 2 percent of the world’s geographical area, but support around18 per cent of global population and over 15 percent of the world livestock number (Katyal, 1998) [3] . It is estimated that by 2025, one-third of the world’s population (especially in the developing countries)would face severe water scarcity (Secklar et al., 1998) [5] . To achieve food security, minimize water convicts’ and reduce poverty, it has become essential to increase the productivity of rainfed systems by harnessing the existing potential (Wani et al., 2003). Since 2003, watershed management has been adopted as a national policy (Joshi et al., 2004) [2] . Presently, the Government of India is investing more than Rs. 2500 crore annually on improving the condition of natural resources through watershed management under the Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) for better eco-system services. The study will be beneficial for farmers to provide micronutrient most profitable as compared to fertilizers and get more crop production with low cost. Materials and Methods The study area is located at 25 º 28’ 42.6” - 25 º 40’ 05.1” N and 78º 21’ 06.5” - 78º 37’ 28.0” E, and about 265-310 m above mean sea level in babina block, Bundelkhand region. The annual rainfall in the Bundelkhand region varies from 800 mm to 1300 mm, about 90 per cent of which is received during south-west monsoon period (Singh et al., 2002) [7] . The length of growing season in Bundelkhand ranges between 90 and 150 days, depending upon rainfall and temperature regimes. Wheat is the major crop during rabi season and groundnut is the major crop in the kharif season. Long term weather data show that the average rainfall in study region is 877 mm, about 85% falling from June to September (Singh et al., 2014) [6] . Mean annual temperature ranges from 24 to 25 0 C.