Prospect and possibility of doubling farmer’s income: A case study in Central Brahmaputra Valley Zone of Assam, India

Abstract

A study was carried out to view the prospect and possibility of doubling farmers’ income. For this purpose, bench mark information on crop cultivation and production were collected in the year 2017 from a village ‘Diphalu’ (26.365 0N and 92.709 0E) in Nagaon district of Central Brahmaputra Valley Zone, Assam, India. A total of 42 agricultural farmers i.e. 30% of household were randomly selected from each farm group - marginal, small, medium and large of the village. The collected information were simulated with recommended package of practices and diversified / and intensified the crop enterprises with feasibility and validity. The analysis pointed out that with recommended package of practices of Assam in same operational cropped area of existing cultivation, farm income increased by 42.61%. On the contrary the farm income would be increased by 81.96% over existing situation after increasing cropping intensity to 209.78% from 180.43%.