Small category of farms

The Jammu and Kashmir has a varied type of climate from sub-tropical to cold arid. The main crops grown in the state are rice, maize, wheat, pulses, oil seeds, saffron etc. The cultivation of Saffron is mostly confined to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. In Kashmir saffron cultivation is peculiar and the legend about its introduction in to Kashmir shows that it is an ancient industry about 2200 years’ old. It is the legendry crop of the welldrained plateau of Pampore. The present study is an attempt to analyse the cost, return and marketing of Saffron in Jammu and Kashmir.

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The present study was conducted during the year 2013-14 in District Meerut of Uttar Pradesh to know the possibilities of optimum combination of different enterprises for the enhancement of the farms income and employment of small category of farms household’s.

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The study conducted in Hamirpur district of Uttar-Pradesh. The investigation was carried out Personal, psychological situational and communicational profile of the gram cultivators. The findings revealed that nearly (66%) percentage of gram cultivators belonged to middle age and (33.3 %) percentage of gram cultivators belonged to old age category. Majority of gram cultivators were in medium educational level in general and same trend was found in all the three categories. The average land holdings of small, medium and big gram cultivators were 21, 31, and more than 58 acres, respectively.

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Study was conducted in Tejwapur block of Bahraich district of U. P. A sample of 100 respondents was chosen through purposive cum proportionate random sampling and were categorised as marginal, small and medium size group of farms. A survey was conducted by personal interview method with use of pre-structured schedule. Simple tabular analysis was done to find out the result. It was found that maize cultivation was profitable at all categories of farm.

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Choice factors have been the basis for selecting any crop in any farming situation. Research impacts preference of selecting majority of crops cultivated in different types of farmers. That is why crop choice is an important factor but occupied a small niche on the research agenda. Keeping this in mind the present study was conducted at Dalua village of Beldanga-I block of Murshidabad district of West Bengal.

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There is need of improved and innovative technology to raise production and productivity for enhancing efficiency of agriculture in NER. The Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) is a strategy for Socio-economic development and livelihood security of tribal people of Meghalaya. The study was conducted to assess the socio-economic status of the respondents and to analyze the tangible and intangible benefits of the interventions in Rongram block of West Garo Hills distrct of Meghalaya. A total sample of 120 respondents was drawn from the different technological components.

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Poverty is not only lack of income it is also a social phenomenon in which a section of a society unable to access the basic necessaries of the life. Even with implementation of poverty alleviation programme by government of India, the level of poverty has not decreased up to the mark in India.

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The present study was conducted to know the selective breeding, feeding and management practices followed by dairy farmers in Punjab. A total of 150 farmers were selected randomly and divided into three categories, small (n=48), medium (n=74) and large (n=28). With help of well-structured interview schedule and pretested questionnaire data were collected w.r.t. breeding, feeding and management practices being followed. The data revealed that the farmers offered 20-40 kg of green fodder and 2-5 kg of concentrate mixture to dairy animals, but only 23.

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An investigation was carried out to study the effect of strain and egg weight on chick’s weight in large, medium and small sized eggs of chicken strains. The study was conducted at poultry farm, SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner. A total of 297 eggs were collected and grouped into three egg size categories i.e. Small (38-44 g), medium (45-52 g) and large (53-59 g). For Kuroiler breed of chicken, the chick weight was found significantly higher in medium class (38.5 g) followed by small (34.3 g) and large (38.1g) egg classes.

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An attempt has been made to examine the resource use efficiency, marginal value productivity of resources and return to scale of Cashewnut grown by different categories of farmers. Selsella block of West Garo Hills district in Meghalaya was selected purposively and two stage stratified random sampling method was adopted for selection of sample villages and respondents.

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A study was conducted to analyze the economics of different tea plantation farms in Mokokchung district of Nagaland state, both primary and secondary data were used. The primary data pertained to the year 2018-19 and was elicited from 90 tea plantation cultivators and 10 market intermediaries were also selected for the data collection through pre-tested questionnaires. Total cost of tea production for small farm size category was accounted to be Rs 34627.20/-, out of which total variable cost was Rs 24734.80/- and total fixed cost was Rs 9402.40/-.

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The study was conducted in two different ecological zones of Haryana to determine the farmers’ awareness towards zero tillage to conserve the soil as the degradation is increasing day by day. A group of 240 respondents were interviewed with help of a well - designed interview schedule. The responses of farmers were obtained on three-point continuum scale as ‘fully aware’ ‘aware’ and ‘not aware’ against each statement and weight age were given as 3, 2 and 1, respectively.

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The present investigation was conducted during year 2017-18 in Aurangabad district of Marathwada region in Maharashtra state. The main objective is to study the personal, socio-economic, psychological and situational characteristics of the farmer’s families who committed suicides. From selected district five talukas were selected based on considerable farmer suicide cases. Thirty three villages were selected randomly based on considerable farmer suicide cases. Forty victims was selected proportionate method of random sampling for the study.

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The present study was conducted in District Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh State of India to evaluate the impact of Diversified Agriculture Support Project (DASP) launched under World Bank supported flagship programme on beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. The major findings of the study revealed that majority of beneficiaries (41.33 percent) were in the age group of 40-50 years whereas the majority of non-beneficiaries (40.67 percent) belong to the age group of 50-60 years. The educational status of majority of beneficiaries (23.

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Economic study of potato production of 44 growers grouped into small (20), medium (14) and large (10) from Agra district showed the overall cost of cultivation to be Rs. 140303.7 per farm and Rs. 78657.98 per hectare. Among all the inputs, per hectare value of potato seed was 25%, the human labour was 14%, the total variable cost was 78%, the total fixed cost was 22% per ha and the overall total cost C3 of potato was Rs. 154334.07 per farm and Rs. 86523.78 per hectare. The gross income received by farms with the overall average of Rs. 188370.

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Adoption, Paddy is important cereal crop of Andhra Pradesh state, particularly East and West Godavari is considered as Rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh. It is cultivated under wide range of soils and climatic conditions. It is grown in black soils as well as heavy clay loam soils. In East Godavari district total rice production area is 4.23/ha. The major varieties grown in Ramchandrapuram mandal are MTU-1010, PLU-1100. More than 70% of the Indian farming community own less than one hectare of land. They belong to the category of small and marginal farmers.

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