Vegetable Crops Boon for Increasing Net Income of Farm Families More than two Fold (SRA-Modle-4)

Abstract:

The present study was undertaken during Kharif, Rabi and Zaid seasons of 2000-2001 to 2002-2003 on farmers fields of village Rajpura and Pal, Mainpuri under National Agricultural Technology Project, Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Mainpuri, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Kanpur. The main objective was to increase the farm family’s income by two or more than two folds with inclusion of vegetable crops in cropping systems. Maize-potato v/s Maize-potato-moong and maize-potato v/s maize-potato-onion were tested at Rajpura on sandy loam soil but maize-garlic v/s maize-garlic-moong was tested at Pal on salt affected loam and clay loam soil. The net return obtained from maize-potato and maize-potato-moong by Rs 69060/ha and Rs 165195/ha, respectively. Newly developed cropping system maize-potato-moong increased net income by 2.39 fold. Similarly, maize-potato-onion gave net return of Rs 307645/ha, which was higher over maize-potato cropping system (Rs 69060/ha). Thus, maize-potato-onion increased the net income of farmers by 4.50 fold. Maize-garlic-moong gave net income of Rs 465195/ ha which was higher over maize-garlic (Rs 242010/ha). Therefore, maize-garlic-moong cropping system increased net income of from families by two fold farm salt affected soils.