Application of Reduced Corn Cultivation Technology in Agro-Ecosystem of Cazin Municipality
Intensive corn cultivation is predominant in current agriculture of the Una-Sana Canton. One of the corn cultivation methods in agro-ecosystem is reduced cultivation. The paper presents the experiment of “Osmak žuti” (eight-row yellow) corn cultivation on two control sites with application of reduced and intensive cultivation in Cazin municipality. The objectives of this research were to examine the possibility of application of reduced corn cultivation; analyze statistical variation elements (length, circumference and weight of corn cob); and determine cost effectiveness of reduced relative to intensive production. The results indicate extremely high statistically significant difference (p<0.001) for all parameters in both cultivation methods. The cost effectiveness of reduced relative to intensive cultivation of Osmak žuti corn is higher by 36%. The experiment encourages introduction of reduced corn cultivation practice.