Field crops + vegetables + dairy + poultry + piggery + goatery system

Field crops + vegetables + dairy + poultry + piggery + goatery system

Field crops + vegetables + diary + poultry + piggery + goatery integrated farming system model in one-hectare area. This production system is suitable for adoption in Western undulating zones

 

Area Requirement for the model:  One-hectare area

 

Enterprise and area allotment: allocation of 70% area for field crops (rice, maize, millets, pulses and oil seeds), 20% area for vegetables and rest 10% area for livestock (dairy-2-3 cross breed cows, 50 back yard poultry birds + 4-5 goats + 4-5 pigs).

 

Income: With optimum management the system gives net income of Rs. 1, 20,000 per annum/ha with B: C ratio of 2.6. Field crop contributes 40%, vegetables 35% and animal husbandry 25% of the total income from the system