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International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
were conducted in high (Katol) and low (Narkhed) productive blocks of Nagpur district. The
total 36 farmers selected for study accordingly principle component analysis was done.
Systematic integration of multiple enterprise system in scientific manner, components needs to
be chosen in such a way that a product of on component become the input of other, are
complimentary and are organically well inter linked to each other without wastage to meet out
the multiple objective of poverty reduction, food security, environmental soundness and
sustainability, especially for small and marginal farmers. After studying typology of collected
information of selected farmers, components were defined. Increasing income and employment
from small holdings by integrating wages from enterprises and recycling crop residues and byproducts
within farm itself. The type of farming system and components presented in the table 1.
Types of Farming Systems and Components
Farming
System
(s)
No. of
households
Mean
holding
size (ha)
Mean
family
size
(no’s)
Components
Cropping systems Livestock Mean total
net income
(Rs)
Crop +Bullock
pair
3 0.93 4
Soy + Pigeon Pea (1)
Soy-ch.pea(1)
soy-wheat(2)
Bullock pair
(1)
95000
Crop+ Dairy 3 1.33 6
Soybean (1)
Cotton-fallow (1)
Soy-ch.pea(1)
soy-wheat(1)
Cow (1) 88333
Crop +
Horticulture
+Dairy and
Bullock pair
6 1.37 5
Cotton-wheat (1)
Cotton-fallow (3)
Soy + Pigeon Pea (2)
Soy-ch.pea(3)
soy-wheat(2)
Cow &
Bullock pair
(1 & 1 )
82333
Benchmark status of area & net income from various modules.
Farming System (s)
Benchmark net income (Rs)
Crop Livestock Processing Optional if
any
Total
Crop +Bullock pair 80000 15000 0 0 95000
Crop+ Dairy 66183 22150 0 0 88333
Crop + Horticulture +Dairy
and Bullock pair
57767 24566 0 0 82333
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