Year: 2017 | Month: June | Volume 3 | Issue 1
Income and Employment Generation under Existing Farming Systems in Chittorgarh District of Southern Rajasthan
Hari Singh*
S.S. Burark and G.L Meena
DOI:000
Abstract:
Farming system approach introduces a change in farming techniques for higher production from the farm as a whole with the integration of all the enterprises like dairy, poultry, piggery, fishery, sericulture etc. suited to the given agro-climatic condition and socio –economic status of farmer would bring prosperity to the farmer. Rajasthan, the largest state of Indian union occupies nearly 10.4 per cent geographical area of the country. The present investigation was under taken to work out income and employment generation under existing farming systems in Chittorgarh district of Southern Rajasthan during 2012-13. A total sample of 60 household consisting of 30 under rainfed and 30 under irrigated situation was selected for the study. Four farming systems were existed in both the rainfed and irrigated areas of Chittorgarh district viz. FS-I: Crop+ Vegetables (C+V), FS-II: Crop + Dairy (C+D), FS-III: Crop + Dairy +Goat (C+D+G), FS-IV: Crop +Poultry (C+PO) or Crop + Goat + Orchard (C+G+O).Maximum net income per farm in rainfed area was generated from FS-III (` 80146) it was minimum in FS-I (` 37515). Net income per hectare was maximum in FS-IV (` 138150). Per farm maximum employment generation was observed in FS-II (356.6 man-days) and the minimum in FS-IV (191.50 man-days). On per hectare basis the maximum employment was generated by FS-IV (383.50 man-days) and lowest in FS-I (217.15 man-days). Maximum net income per farm in irrigated area was generated from FS-I (` 162690) and it was minimum in FS-II (` 106820). The maximum net income per hectare was found in FS-IV (` 142165) and it was minimum in FS-II (` 89017). Employment generation per farm was maximum in FS-I (693.05 man-days) because of crops and vegetable activities and it was minimum in FS-II (593.05 man-days) while the employment generated per hectare was maximum (666.89 man-days) in FS-IV and it was minimum in FS-II (494.21 man-days). FS-IV generated maximum net income and employment per hectare due to goats and orchard activities
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