Vol. 11, Special Issue 1 (2022)

Author(s):
Ranjeetha K, Sudhir Kamath KV, Lakshmana and Praveen KM

Abstract:
The present study was carried out in Udupi district of Karnataka. Farmers following Conventional farming as well as natural farming are purposively selected in 110 numbers and data was gathered from their respective fields. The main aim of this study is to analyze whether natural farming system was economically better with sufficient economic returns to the farmers against Conventional farming practices. The study was confined only to major crops of the study area; Paddy, Coconut and Areca nut. The comparative analysis results revealed that natural farming is a viable option for farmers under the prevailing semi-arid conditions with significant yield gap and higher benefit cost ratio against Conventional farming in the year 2019–2020. Efficient use of available natural resources as a key inputs for farming was found economically attractive enough to trigger wide spread adoption of Natural farming system in the study area.