An Economic Analysis of Integrated Farming Systems in Hisar District of Haryana
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2022
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The research study entitled “An Economic Analysis of Integrated
Farming Systems in Hisar District of Haryana” was aimed to identify
the different integrated farming systems, estimate the economics and
analyze the income and employment generated through different
integrated farming systems and also to identify major constraints
associated with different components in the selected integrated
farming systems. In this study, two blocks namely, Hisar I and Uklana
were purposively selected on the basis of maximum and minimum
gross irrigated area situation for the study. The random sampling
technique was used for the selection of farmers. A sample of 80
households consisting of 40 each from maximum gross irrigated area
(situation-I) and minimum gross irrigated (situation-II) were selected for
the study. The results of the study showed that four integrated farming
systems viz.; IFS-I: Crop + Dairy (C + D), IFS-II: Crop + Dairy + Poultry
(C + D + P), IFS-III: Crop + Dairy + Vegetable (C + D + V) and IFS-IV:
Crop + Dairy + Fishery (C + D + Fi.) were adopted by the respondents
in situation-I while, three integrated farming systems viz.; IFS-I: Crop Dairy (C + D), IFS-II: Crop + Dairy + Poultry (C + D + P) and IFS-V:
Crop + Dairy + Fruit (C + D + Fr.) were practiced by the selected
farmers in situation-II. Under situation-I, IFS-I (Crop + Dairy) was being
adopted by maximum number of farmers (i.e., 60 percent). The total
costs per household per annum under situation-I was the highest (₹
10172705) under IFS-II and it was lowest (₹ 980929) under IFS-I. In
case of situation-II, it was maximum (₹ 7280083) in IFS-II and
minimum (₹ 765291) in IFS-I. Under situation-I, return per rupee of
investment was highest (₹ 1.59) under IFS-IV. While, in situation-II, on
the basis of returns per rupee of investment, the most profitable
integrated farming system was IFS-V i.e., ₹ 1.52. On per household
per annum basis, employment generated under situation-I was
maximum in IFS-III (976 man-days) and it was minimum (432 man days) in IFS-I. In case of situation-II, highest employment per
household per annum was generated under IFS-V (674 man-days) and
it was lowest in IFS-I (367 man-days). The major constraints reported
by the respondents in situation-I for crop and dairy enterprises were
high input cost (76.48 mean score) and high cost of feed and fodder
(77.73 mean score), respectively. While, under situation-II, major
constraint observed in crop enterprise was high input cost (76.10 mean
score) and low price of milk (77.73 mean score) in dairy enterprise.
Under poultry enterprise, high fluctuations in market prices of poultry
birds (71.57 mean score) was observed as prime constraint in
situation-I where as high cost of feed (72.50 mean score) was the
major constraint under situation-II. The major constraint associated
with vegetable component was high cost of labour (mean score of
79.60). The major problem in case of fishery enterprise under situation-I
was high cost of fish feed (with 79.00 mean score). In case of fruit
component, the prime constraint was high initial capital requirement (mean
score of 79.92) in situation-II