Abstract
The Tungabhadra project (TBP) area is considered as the rice bowl of Karnataka, with nearly 200,000 ha under rice cultivation. Intensive crop management practices are followed in the area and average rice yield is higher (4.8 t ha-1) than in other parts of Karnataka. However, the increase in labor wages and the scarcity of labor during peak planting seasons are major constraints that rice farmers face in the area. These problems could be minimized by adopting wet sowing in rows with a drum seeder. We selected a farmer in Siruguppa of Bellary District to demonstrate drum seeding on 0.40 ha under irrigated conditions during the 1999-2000 summer and the 2000-01 kharif and summer seasons. Rice varieties BPT-5204 and ES-18 were used for sowing/transplanting during the kharif and summer seasons, respectively. Another adjoining field of 0.40 ha was cultivated through transplanting by the same farmer.
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