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Vol. 12, Special Issue 12 (2023)

Existing farm plan and alternative farm plan for large farms in Yavatmal district of Vidarbha region

Author(s):
Kale PS, Metkari PM, Bhadre TV and Perke DS
Abstract:
Present study was related to existing farm plan and alternative farm plan for large farms in Yavatmal District of Vidarbha Region. Multistage sampling design was adopted in selection of district, tehsil and villages. The Yavatmal district was selected because this district is having large farming area. Two tehsils were selected from dis intrict on the basis of maximum area under large farm, from selected tehsils five villages were selected from each of tehsil on the basis of large farm area. The land holding of large farmers was found to 8.51 hectare. The results revealed that major crops grown by the large farmers were soybean, cotton, groundnut, tur, wheat, gram, safflower, turmeric and orange. The per hectare net profit obtained from tur was maximum i.e. Rs. 55214.58 followed by cotton (Rs. 50053.66) and soybean (Rs. 47862.40). The net profit of buffalo was (Rs. 4958.50) followed by cow enterprise (Rs. 4761.90). There was scope to increase area, bullock labour, machine labour, nitrogen, potassium and irrigation on farm as a whole. Existing farm plan show the present situation of farm business. Alternative farm plan help to increase profitability of farm in future. The net profit obtained alternative farm plan was Rs. 617757.34. It is indicated that profitability from all crops and livestock were more on alternate farm plan.
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How to cite this article:
Kale PS, Metkari PM, Bhadre TV and Perke DS. Existing farm plan and alternative farm plan for large farms in Yavatmal district of Vidarbha region. The Pharma Innovation Journal. 2023; 12(12S): 1225-1227.

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