Impact of technological innervations for efficient farming systems in village clusters of Redwa district Akola of Maharashtra

Abstract

Research and\r\ndevelopmental initiatives under RIFS implemented in the representative village\r\nof Redwa of Akola district in M.S. are reported in this study. Details of 28\r\nhouseholds pertaining to demographic characteristics, land use, means of\r\nlivelihood, etc. were studied. Analysis of 20 farmers from rain-fed situations\r\nand 08 farmers from partially irrigated situations from Redwa\r\nvillage-Ta-Barhsitakli, Dist-Akola under different categories of farmers (viz.\r\nMarginal and small) with adoption of different cropping systems (viz.\r\nCLR and CLRSR) showed that the higher net monetary returns were gained wherein\r\nthe interventions for crop, large ruminants and small ruminants were adopted by\r\nthe farmers as compared to their traditional farming system (Without intervention).\r\nCrop interventions (viz. opening of furrows, foliar spray of 19:19:19\r\nmix fertilizer, and protective irrigation in partially irrigated situations)\r\nresulted in higher equivalent yield of crops. Implementation of livestock\r\ninterventions (viz.; vaccination and feeding of green foliage of\r\nlucerne/ berseem/minerals and concentrates) resulted in higher milk yield in\r\nlarge ruminants (i.e. cow and buffalo) with good health, higher man days in\r\ncase of bullock pair and higher meat returns and better weight gain with good\r\nhealth in small ruminants (i.e; goat) as compared to control.