Type | Journal Article - Agriculture for Sustainable Development |
Title | Land utilization pattern and risk orientation involved in intigrated farming system in Tripura State |
Author(s) | |
Volume | 3 |
Issue | 1 |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2015 |
Page numbers | 8-13 |
Abstract | India is the second populous country of the world where declining GDP, contracting average land holding etc are throwing threats in front of the small and marginal farmers of the country which constitute more than 80 percent. It is imperative to develop strategies and agricultural technologies that enable adequate employment and income generation for the farming community. In this context, Integrated farming system (IFS) is more valuable which is a sustainable alternative to commercial farming systems with the objective of reversing resource degradation and stabilizing farm incomes. A study was conducted in North-eastern state Tripura (both plain and hilly districts) to have a look on land utilization pattern followed by the farmers and risk orientation associated with the IFS, for that total 100 farm families considered and the results says that there were difference among the respondents of plain and hilly region in allocating their cultivable land for different components under IFS, as in plain dairy and fishery were more useful whereas in hilly, piggery were successful other than the crop and horticulture. According to classification of respondents as per their risk orientation, 38 percent had low and 22 percent respondents had high risk orientation from plain and hilly region respectively and respondents of both the region has expressed ‘A farmer should grow large number of crops to avoid higher risk involved in one or two crops’ (80 % respondents were agree in both the region).Based on the study it has recommended that there is need to make the respondents more responsive enough about location specific different technological know-how. |
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