Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
TABLE 6
Break Up of Costs
With
Drip
Establishment cost (1st year)
Sapling cost, planting material for fodder trees, ploughing, mulch crop,
pit making, seed preparation, drip installation, labour cost
1,23,891
Maintenance costs per year (2nd & third year)
Weed management through power tiller, Jeevamirtham, growth
promoter, supplemental mulching
Maintenance costs per year (after 3 years with increased labor costs)
Pruning, Jeevamirtham, plant protection spray, harvesting, additional
labor, weed management
17,901
35,929
The costs indicated above are the actual costs plus interest. For
details refer Appendix 5.
FARMER EARNINGS VIA THE MULTI FRUIT-CROP MODEL
In the subsequent sections we examine the earnings from a generic
one-acre multi-fruit crop (mango-guava-pomegranate) model. We start
with a base model of inorganic cropping. Thereafter, we compare incomes
from the following:
• Multi-fruit crop model vs. single-fruit (mango) crop model
• Multi-fruit crop model vs. field crop model
• Organic multi-fruit crop model vs. inorganic multi-fruit crop
model
These are only indicative incomes. In practice, there will be
variations based on the agro-climatic zone, soil health, land treatment
undertaken, irrigation, quality of the produce and the market situation.
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