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

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
CONCLUDING NOTE ON THE ECONOMIC MODELS
We took help from multiple sources to gather information about the
income potential of multi-fruit crops for farmers. We commissioned a
study by a retired Dean of TNAU, Department of Horticulture, to develop
multi-fruit crop models (Annexure 12). We gathered details about
establishment cost and income for different fruit trees from officials
of Department of Agriculture (Appendix 1). We also gathered economic
details for various fruit trees from different agro-forestry farmers that
work with PGH (Appendix 2).
A simple model of multi-fruit crops is developed for an inorganic
farming practice to illustrate how it changes the income scenario for a
farmer. The income calculation for this model is indicative. The income
from multi-fruit crops for any farmer will vary drastically based on the
following choices:
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Health of the soil
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Land treatment
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Agro-climatic zone
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Irrigation
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Choice and quality of produce
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Type of farming practice – inorganic /chemical-free
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Market situation
In general, the agriculture and horticulture produce go through
erratic changes in yield and market price realization, due to climate
variations, soil conditions, market dynamics, sub-variety yield
differences, bottlenecks in supply chain management, etc.
In the following section we mark the possible range of incomes from the
above proposed model
Horticulture crops: Farmers growing crops like mango, guava,
pomegranate, amla, sapota, coconut and arecanut make an annual income
in the range of Rs. 43,000 to Rs 4.8 lakh (Refer Table 14). In general, the
horticulture crops give better incomes from the 5 th year onwards.
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