Enhancement of Farmers’ income through agriculture and dairy technology in changing climate scenario in Banka district

Abstract

The present study was conducted to know the role of agriculture and dairy farming on enhancement of farmer’s income. The 55 dairy farmers from 11 blocks of Banka district were interviewed personally using standard procedure with pre-module questionnaires. The data were comparing with 10 years back. In paddy seed rate and fertilizer application was decreased by 20 and 52%. But in wheat seed rate increased by 2% and fertilizer application decreased by 11%. The irrigation cost decreased by 36% and 33% but total input increased by 7% and 23% in paddy and wheat, respectively. The production, grain price and straw price were increased by 9 and 6; 45 and 33; 39 and 16.76%, respectively. Income through selling of straw was 67 and 13% of total input in paddy and wheat. The gross and net income in wheat and paddy were increased by 44; 32 and 69; 49%, respectively which was statistically significant (P