Yield, Productivity and Economics of Integrated Farming System under Irrigated Conditions of Western Maharashtra
P. P. Kharche *
Department of Agronomy, PGI, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, India.
U. S. Surve
Department of Agronomy, PGI, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, India.
V. G. Pokharkar
Department of Agricultural Economics, PGI, MPKV, Rahuri, India.
S. C. Patil
Department of Agronomy, PGI, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, India.
S. B. Salgar
Department of Agronomy, PGI, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study was conducted at All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Integrated Farming System, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri to develop integrated farming system model for irrigated conditions of Western Maharashtra. The model was designed for 1 ha area with crop, horticulture, dairy, goat, poultry and vermicompost unit. The integrated farming system model generated system productivity in sugarcane equivalent yield of 375 t ha-1. The gross monetary returns from combination of crop + horticulture + dairy + goat + poultry + vermicompost unit were ₹ 10,55,758 and net monetary returns was ₹ 4, 58, 943 with B:C ratio (1.77). Of this total net returns obtained from integrated farming system model, the per cent contribution of different components were crop (25%), horticulture (4%), dairy (24%), goat (18%), poultry (29%) and vermicompost (7%). Employment generation in integrated farming system model was 422 Man days year-1.
Keywords: Integrated farming system, productivity, profitability, employment generation