Volume : III, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

Integrated Farming System Model for the Farmers of Wardha District in Vidarbha

Sonali Raut, Dr. M. K. Rathod, Kavita Deshmukh

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The present study was undertaken in Wardha district of Vidarbha region with sample size of 120 respondents from 12 villages. Data was collected regarding farming systems adopted by the farmers and the economics of all farming systems with the help of pre structured and pretested interview schedule. It was found that cent per cent respondents had adopted agriculture and dairy farming followed by vegetables cultivation (83.33%) and fruit crops (65.00%). Integration of agriculture + dairy + vermicomposting + backyard poultry + apiculture + forage crop + sericulture was found beneficial on the basis of B:C ration combination of complimentary enterprises.  

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Sonali Raut, Dr. M. K. Rathod, Kavita Deshmukh Integrated Farming System Model for the Farmers of Wardha District in Vidarbha Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VIII August 2013

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