Pond based Crop + fishery + livestock + horticulture + vermicompost system
Pond based field crop + fishery +
livestock + horticulture + vermicompost + apiary integrated farming system in
one-hectare area. This production system is suitable for adoption in
south-eastern coastal plain
Area Requirement for the model:
one-hectare area
Enterprise and area allotment: Allocation of 33% area for field crops (rice, green gram, maize),
24% area for horticulture (fruits, vegetables, root and tuber crops), 41.5%
area for fishery (composite fish), 0.9% area for diary (2 cross breed Jersey
cow) and rest 0.5% area for poultry 400 poultry birds.
Income: Under optimum management the system gives net income of Rs. 290000-300000
per annum/ha with B: C ratio of 2.46. Field crop contributes 8.1%, horticulture
30.6%, diary 38.4%, poultry 11% and fishery 11.9% of the total income.
Suitable Districts: Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Puri, Nayagarh, Cuttack