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DWDU, Rajkot
management.
Quality of Seeds: Good quality seed, fertilizer and pesticide are important factor in agriculture productivity. The use of good quality leads to
higher land productivity. In project villages, however, there are two limitations in the use of fertilizer. First these fertilizers are most
useful in irrigated condition. The agricultural land of the cluster villages however totally depend on rainfall. In villages mostly farmers
use nitrogenous fertilizers especially urea. This has resulted in disproportionate use of fertilizer depleting the quality of land.
Traditional farming methods: This is the factor that leads low productivity. There is lot of ignorance about the use of new farming
methods and technologies such as multiple cropping.
Erratic/Low rainfall: The Villagers mainly depend on monsoon. Without monsoon they cannot get any crop because irrigation water is salty
.Water is essential input in agriculture. Due to the absence of proper irrigation facility, 100% of the total cultivated area depends on the uncertain
monsoon. Therefore the success or failure of the monsoon determines the success or failure of agriculture production. The rains, as a
source of irrigation, are unreliable due to two factors;
Untimely Rainfall: The rains are sometimes received when the crops are ready for harvesting. The ready crop may be ruined due to
untimely rain.
Inadequate Rainfall: The dependence on the uncertain rainfall is a factor that contributes to low productivity of land.
Lack of Rural Credit: Farmers face so many problems for rural credit and it leads to low agricultural productivity. Farmers need credit
mainly for the purchase of various inputs such as seed, fertilizers, and pesticides and for repair of implements. They use long term
credit for buying land, and for investment to improve the quality of land, buying the new implements and improving irrigation facilities.
3.3 Livestock
The cluster villages have total of 1162 cows and 1372 number of buffaloes out of which majority are of local breed, there are 1645
bullock, 375 goats 459 sheep and 1160 animals in others category. Due saline water at a shallow depth and surface water has reduced
the fodder and pasture area for their animals. This leads to heavy migration to other parts of the state with their herds of goats and sheep.
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