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

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
We then compare the income from our multi-fruit model with
incomes from various single-fruit crops. Further, we examine the
additional income in our model from timber and non-timber produce. We
also look at the additional income from livestock, as well as the savings in
agricultural input costs if livestock is maintained. Similarly, we examine
the income from intercropping and the savings in the cost of agricultural
production if intercropping is done.
In the base earning model for the farmer, we have assumed that
the horticulture produce is of the normal inorganic kind, and not of the
organic kind. Given that, the resultant earnings of the farmer would
become Rs. 1.8 lakh per annum by year 5, and Rs. 3.2 lakh per annum by
year 10 (See Table 7).
TABLE 7: INORGANIC MULTI-FRUIT CROP MODEL
Mango + Guava + Pomegranate:
Inorganic farming, without establishment costs, without livelihood subsidy
Variety Mango Guava Pomegranate
Trees per
Acre
32 75 285
Years Return per Crop per Year Total (Rs)
Expenses per Net Income
Annum (Rs) (Rs)
1 0 0 0 0 0
2 0 6000 12540 18540 17901 639
3 0 27000 51300 78300 17901 60399
4 9600 45000 107160 161760 35929 125831
5 21120 57750 142500 221370 37725 183645
6 34560 72000 188100 294660 39611 255049
7 64000 72000 188100 324100 41592 282508
8 84600 64800 169290 318690 43672 275018
9 128000 58320 152361 338681 45856 292825
10 176000 52488 137125 365613 48149 317464
Total 517880 455358 1148476 2121714 328336 1793378
Note 1. Expenses per acre with drip will go up by 5% each year starting from Year 5
2. Internal rate of return (%): Not applicable
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