Marginal farmers in country

India is an agricultural country where about 87% of farmers fall under small and marginal farmers. The basic requirements for small scale cropping machines are they should be suitable for small farms, simple in design and technology and versatile for use in different farm operations. A pull type planter was developed with inclined plate metering mechanisms for maize, red gram and castor crops to reduce seed damage.

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Seed spices occupy prominent place in the total basket of spices of the country and play a significant role in our national economy. The group of spices account for about 37 per cent and 18 per cent of the total area and production of spices in the country, respectively. Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) commonly known as ‘Saunf’ is an important and highly valued spice grown in India.

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Seed spices occupy prominent place in the total basket of spices of the country and play a significant role in our national economy. The group of spices account for about 37 per cent and 18 per cent of the total area and production of spices in the country, respectively. Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) commonly known as ‘Saunf’ is an important and highly valued spice grown in India.

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Seed spices occupy prominent place in the total basket of spices of the country and play a significant role in our national economy. The group of spices account for about 37 per cent and 18 per cent of the total area and production of spices in the country, respectively. Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) commonly known as ‘Saunf’ is an important and highly valued spice grown in India.

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There are 115 million operational holdings in the country and about 80 % are marginal and small farmers. To fulfill the basic needs of house hold including food, feed, fodder, fiber, etc. warrant an attention about bio intensive cropping system (BICS).Global warming and its consequences are amongst the most serious problems of the present century. Agricultural crop residue burning contribute towards the emission of greenhouse gases (CO2, N2O, CH4), air pollutants (CO, NH3, NOx, SO2, NMHC, volatile organic compounds), particulates matter and smoke thereby posing threat to human health.

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Under Indian context, the prosperity of a country depends upon the welfare of farmers and majority of the Indian farming communities follow traditional norms of agriculture which support their livelihood. Farming in India is characterized by small, marginal, and fragmented land holdings (about 86 per cent) and is highly depended on monsoon showers. Operating small holdings is often unviable and in this situation, farming is not a profitable business or enterprise.

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The dairy farming in our country is entirely different from other developed countries. The reason is that small and marginal farmers feeding of dairy animals produce the bulk of production in our country. In terms of buffer use in nutrition, it has been defined as a salt of a weak acid which neutralizes acids that occur in feeds or acids produced during digestion and metabolism of nutrients. The experiment was carried out on 16 healthy crossbred cows nearly similar age and in late stage lactation to study the effect of feeding buffer on milk yield and fat per cent of raw milk.

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This study was undertaken in Lakhimpur district of Assam in the year 2017 with a view to ascertain the entrepreneurial behaviour of rural youth engaged in vegetable cultivation. The production of vegetables all around the year enables the growers to fully utilize their resources and supplement income from vegetable growing as compared to other normal agricultural crops. They provide an important source of income for the small and marginal farmers of our country as well as upcoming rural youths.

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Berseem is a major fodder crop of Uttar Pradesh as well as the country and plays a major role in augmenting the income of small and marginal farmers of Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh. One of the major constraints of traditional Berseem cultivation is low productivity due to non-adoption of recommended package of practices and improved varieties. To overcome this anomaly Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Unnao were conducted frontline demonstrations in farmers’ fields at different locations in the district with high yielding and no.

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The present study was conducted in Gujarat. The investigation concerned with Saurashtra Region of Gujarat Animal husbandry is the main occupation and Maximum agriculture and animal husbandry practices are followed by the farm women in research area. India occupies the foremost position among the countries of world in respect of livestock. Livestock is an important segment of agriculture in India as it makes bread and butter for small and marginal farmers in country.

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Paddy is a predominant kharif crop of Uttar Pradesh as well as the country and plays a major role in augmenting the income of small and marginal farmers of Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh. One of the major constraints of traditional paddy cultivation is low productivity due to non-adoption of recommended package of practices and improved varieties.

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Pangasius catfish is one of the world‟s fastest growing fresh water species in aquaculture. Different research findings have revealed development of various value added products from pangasius having global acceptance and commercial potential. The industry has expanded in terms of production and trade. Basa is being the preferred imported variety of Pangasius. It is now traded to well over 100 countries worldwide due to its mild flavor, whiter meat color and flaky cooked texture. The fish farmers practicing aquaculture have reported reduced profit margin.

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Floriculture has emerged as an important sub-sector of agriculture as a source of income for small and marginal farmers. In India, Tamil Nadu state is the leading producer of jasmine with an annual production of 77,247 tonnes from the cultivated area of 9,360 ha. In Madurai District of TamilNadu, jasmine is being cultivated in an area of 1,250 hectares with an average productivity of 7.85 tonnes per hectare and is famous for its GI product Madurai Malli. Even though the area is more the scientific way of cultivation is poor.

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Agriculture is the basis of rural economy and livelihood of developing nations where most of the farmers belong to small and marginal categories. Agriculture in developing nations had three contrasting divergence viz. Irrigated agriculture, Rainfed agriculture and Dryland agriculture, however, agriculture is considered as the best mean to reduce the rural poverty. According to Wikipedia, Poverty is not having enough material possessions or income for a person's needs. Poverty may include social, economic, and political elements.

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The costs of feeding dairy animals can make up to 50-70 % of the total cost of producing milk. Therefore, it is important to find ways of minimizing feed costs to improve the economic efficiency of any dairy enterprise. Producing economical fodder to feed dairy animals is of great importance to the farming system. Further in India the total feed requirement for the country’s livestock population is also increasing rapidly in order to sustain milk production. In the country majority of the farmers are small and marginal who use most of their land for agricultural crop cultivation.

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Globally, pork is the most consumed meat but in India, consumption of pork is limited to few regions of the country. Pigs being the efficient feed converters can solve the problem of increasing meat demand due to population rise and also supplement the income of poor and small/marginal farmers. Learning from the success stories of few progressive farmers, one easily derives that piggeries are the new found gold mines and their potential is yet untapped in our country.

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In India, agriculture production is a backbone of Indian economy, but in recent past agriculture in gross domestic product is declining 14%, average size of land holding is gradually decrease 85% of the farming community. Under the continuing decrease of land holding, horizontal extension of land is not possible. For this reason, vertical integration of farm enterprises will make farming more cost-effective and reliable.

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In developing countries like India agriculture contributes major share of national income. A huge amount of chemical fertilizers require to enhance crop yield. The indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides affect not only the soil sustainability but also imparted the negative impact on environment and human health, besides increasing the input cost for crop production especially for the marginal farmers. Now a day, environment friendly plant growth promoting rhizobia (PGPR) has emerged as an alternative tool to minimise the application of chemical fertilizers.

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