Diversification through Vegetable Cultivation

Sidhu, Kiranjot; Kumar, V. Rama; Singh, Tarshem

doi:10.1080/09751270.2009.11885141

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“…Limited studies have focused on the relationship between adoption of diversification and producer attitudes and farm-related characteristics (Birthal and Joshi, 2007;Deshingkar et al, 2003;Joshi et al, 2006;Sidhu et al, 2009). The study was undertaken to determine some factors affecting adoption of diversification at the farm level.…”

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Adoption of Diversification for Risk Management in Vegetable Cultivation

Ali

2015

International Journal of Vegetable Science

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Risk and uncertainty are inherent characteristics of agricultural production system; farmers are confronted with various potential risks related to production, markets, and prices that affect their financial returns and overall welfare. A study was undertaken to analyze factors affecting adoption of crop diversification as a risk management strategy in vegetable cultivation. A logistic regression model was constructed and tested based on responses to a questionnaire from 556 vegetable growers from eight districts of Uttar Pradesh. About 80% of vegetable growers adopted crop diversification and comparatively younger, socially underserved farmers with lower income are more likely to adopt diversification as a risk mitigating tool. Use of high-yielding seed, volatility in temperature, high marketed surplus ratio, availability of market demand, arrangement of organized buyers, and adoption of processing techniques are most likely to influence adoption of diversification. A better understanding of adoption of diversification for risk management was obtained and how socioeconomic, farm-related, market, and climatic factors affect adoption of crop diversification.

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Adoption of Diversification for Risk Management in Vegetable Cultivation

Ali

2015

International Journal of Vegetable Science

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“…Various studies have concluded that in vegetable cultivation, which is labor-intensive farming, a significant proportion of capital (input cost) is used on human labor (Sidhu et al, 2009, Tiwari and Tiwari 2018) [28,29] . The average benefit-cost ratio for all eight farms of one acre for two years of study was 1.9, meaning when a farmer invested Re.…”

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A case study of multilayer farming in Muradnagar Block of Ghaziabad: An approach for better yield and increased farm income

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Tyagi

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Int. J. Agric. Extension Social Dev.

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India has over 17% of world's population living on 2.4% the world's geographical area. In India, primarily farmers (about 85%) come under small and marginal farmers who practice contemporary agricultural methods with extensive use of fertilizers. The amount of arable land is lessening as a result of rapid population growth along with fast urbanization, land degradation due to soil erosion, and soil salinity. An innovative farming technique is the need of the hour not only to enhance crop productivity but also provide greater economic return per unit area. Multilayer farming is one such viable option to boost aggregate farm production and thus increase in farm income. Multilayer farming means growing and cultivating more than two crop at different heights on the same field at the same time. A study was undertaken in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh with the objective to demonstrate and create awareness among farming community about the benefits of multilayer farming and increase in farm profit. A pilot scale field experiment was conducted for consecutive two years in Ghaziabad district involving 8 farmers with one acre of land each growing various vegetable and fruit crops through multilayer farming technique. Various parameters like land equivalent ratio as an indicator of yield advantage of multi-crop farms over sole-crop farms, analysis of economics (benefit-cost ratio), impact of soil organic carbon and water on multilayer farming were investigated. The study effectively demonstrated effective utilization of vertical space and the participant farmers successfully cultivated three to four crops each season with LER value greater than unity. The study revealed increase in organic carbon percentage along with 30 percent less water consumption and benefit cost ratio of 2: 1 which was obtained on an average from one acre of land. Due to presence of more than two crops in the field helped farmers mitigate the risk of crop failure due to sudden change in weather conditions. Crops on bamboo structure had better quality produce which increased farm income. The paper highlights the benefits of cultivating multi-tier crop species for effective utilization of vertical space and different crop choices for higher monetary advantages.

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“…It is certainly the case that some of these issues are due to lack of the kind of infrastructure that has grown to support wheat and rice cultivation, but it is likely that flowers (and many fruits and vegetables) simply have more complex and uncertain growing processes, especially for market sale versus home consumption, with the former requiring higher quality standards. Sidhu, Kumar and Singh (2009) make similar points in considering vegetable cultivation. They note the greater perishability and production risks associated with vegetable cultivation, and based on a study by Birthal et al (2006), they emphasize that high value vegetable crops may require high quality inputs, and greater knowledge of production technologies to be successfully grown.…”

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Punjab's Agricultural Innovation Challenge

Singh

2015

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may AbstractFifty years ago, Punjab embarked on its famous Green Revolution, leading the rest of India in that innovation, and becoming the country's breadbasket. Now its economy and society are struggling by relative, and sometimes even absolute, measures. Using the original Green Revolution as a benchmark, this paper discusses five areas of challenge and promise for a new round of agricultural innovation in Punjab. These are: complexity of the agricultural economy, complementary inputs such as infrastructure, switching costs (including risks), balancing frontier innovation and adaptation, and the relative roles of the public and private sectors.

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Diversification through Vegetable Cultivation

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Adoption of Diversification for Risk Management in Vegetable Cultivation

Adoption of Diversification for Risk Management in Vegetable Cultivation

A case study of multilayer farming in Muradnagar Block of Ghaziabad: An approach for better yield and increased farm income

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