Integrated rice + fish + horticulture + agroforestry + duckery system
One acre
irrigated lowland rice land developed to an integrated rice + fish+
horticulture + agroforestry farming system, is suitable for adoption in rain
fed lowland ecosystem of North Eastern Coastal plain, East and South-Eastern
Coastal plain and North east Ghats.
Area Requirement for the model:
One- acre area
Enterprise and area allotment:
Allocation of 30% of the area is converted to two
rice + fish fields (600 m2 each with a refuge of 15% area . 30% area
is developed into two nursery fish ponds of equal size of fingerlings rearing
and remaining 40% (1500 m2) area is utilized as bunds for growing
vegetables, horticultural crops and silvicultural trees
Income: Two rice
crop yields 1000-1200 kg of grain, 1.5-2.0 t of rice straw, fish fingerlings
worth of Rs. 4000- 5000 and grow out fish of Rs. 20,000 per year. From the bird
unit 40-50 kg of meat is produced every two – three months which give a net
return of Rs. 8000-10000 per year besides mushrooms, vegetables, pulses and
fodders.