Year: 2016 | Month: June | Volume 2 | Issue 1
Constraints faced by the households in Existing Farming Systems in Chittorgarh and Banaswara districts of Southern Rajasthan
Hari Singh and S.S. Burark
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Abstract:
Chittorgarh district from IV-A and Banswara district from IV-B was purposively selected for the study of integrated farming systems, as these districts have high potential for development of agriculture and livestock. Multi stage random sampling plan was used. Two tehsils from each districts were selected in such a way that one having highest proportion of irrigated area and other one having highest share of rainfed area to total net sown area so that selected tehsils represented irrigated and rainfed farming systems in tribal areas. Fifteen farmers from each village were randomly selected. Thus a total sample of 120 households was selected from Chittorgarh and Banswara districts, representing 60 households from rainfed and 60 households from irrigated farming systems. Mainly there were four farming systems prevalent in the rainfed and irrigated condition of Chittorgarh and Banswara districts. Farming system ( FS-I) describes crops + vegetables and crops + dairy cattle forms FS-II. Crops + dairy + goats constituted the FS-III. Crops either supported by poultry or orchards were the part of FS-IV in both the situations of the selected districts. In rainfed and irrigated area of Chittorgarh and Banswara districts households reported as lack of timely availability of good quality seeds, gave first rank in crops it was followed by lack of availability of agricultural labour in peak season low price of farm produce at the time of harvest and high cost of quality seeds. Constraints faced by households in livestock enterprises in Chittorgarh and Banswara districts presented were low productivity, non availability of green fodder, lack of A.I and veterinary facilities and high cost of feed and fodder were the most important constraints. Constraints faced by households in horticulture crops in both the districts were low productivity, lack of good quality of planting material , Hi-incidence of disease and pest, scarcity of labour, lack of processing facilities, lack of storage of facilities, lack of knowledge about recommended package and practices lack of institutional credit and lake of transportation and marketing facilities.
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