National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The study was carried out in the Chikhaldara tehasil of Amravati District under Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidhyapeeth, Akola during the year 2015-2018. The study covered whole tribal area and selected 90 farmers from different villages of Chikhaldara tehasil. In the study area data were collected through field visits (direct observations) and personal interview with the sampled farmers. Among 90 farmers 25 farmers which were belongs to marginal, 23 farmers small, 24 farmers semi medium to medium, 16 farmers medium and 2 farmers are large. In study area 54.44 % farmers follow rainfed agriculture practice. The majority of farmers (47.78%) are the middle age group fallowed young age category (21.11%). Overall majority of farmers (44.44%) are illiterate. One third of farmers have open well as source of irrigation followed by Nala lifting irrigation (16.67%). Overall 91.11% farmers fulfill their fuel need by collection of fuel wood from farm land that is agri-waste like tur stalk, jowar stubble etc. followed by collection of fuel wood from forest (80 %). Overall in Chikhaldhra bund planting was the major agroforestry practice (68.89%) followed by the boundary planting (60.00%).
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