Different methods to

double the farmers income

Presented by
P.vinodh
 India ranks among the top countries in the world in
production of a number of crops including rice, wheat,
sugarcane, fruits and vegetables.
 Farmers are , and will remain the drivers of Agricultural
Sector.
 Since the development of farm mechanisation in India is still
below the mark due to several factors like small land
holdings, equipment cost and poor credit availability , the role
of farmer in agriculture holds crucial importance and it is our
imperative to ensure that farmers find agriculture as a
profitable
 Agriculture and allied sector provides livelihood to 54.6 % of
the Indian population and it contributes 14.4% to country’s
Gross Value Added as per Economic Survey 2019.
 It is the vision of our prime minister to double
the income of farmers by 2022.
 This was announced by our finance minister Sri.
Arun Jaitley during his budjet speech on
february 29th,2016’
 After Green Revolution , India’s food
production multiplied by 3.7times while the
population multiplied by 2.55times.
 The food production has increased from
51metric tonnes in 1950-1951 to 273metric
tonnes in 2016-17.
 The net result has been a 45% increase in per
person food production, which has made India
self sufficient at aggregate level and also a net
food exporting country.
 The major sources of growth operating
within in agriculture sector are :
 Improvement in agriculture productivity.
 Resource use efficiency or total factor
productivity.
 Increasing in cropping intensity.
 Diversification towards high quality crops.
 Outside agriculture:
 Shifting cultivators from farm to non-farm
occupations.
1. INCREASE IN AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTIVITY
 Two sources to increase in agricultural output are
area and productivity.
 In present scenario, agricultural output has to be
increased through improvement in productivity per
unit of land.
1. Enhancing access to irrigation and technological
advancement are the most potent instruments to
raise agricultural productivity and production in the
country.
2. Biotechnology can also play an important role in
increasing crop and livestock production
 Improving terms of trade for farmers
 Use of appropriate deflator to arrive at
real income of farmers of agricultural
sector.
eg: CPIAL (consumer price index for
agricultural labour).
 Better price realisation through online
trading.
eg: e-NAM (e- National Agricultural
Market).
 Big focus on irrigation with large budgets
and integrated policies, with the aim of
per drop more crop.
 Provision of quality seeds and nutrients
based on soil health of each field.
 Large investments in agricultural
infrastructures such as warehousing and
cold chains to prevent post harvest crop
losses.
•Promotion of value addition through food
processing.
•Creation of a national farm market and
removing distortion.
•Introduction of new crop insurance schemes
to mitigate risks at affordable costs like
PMFBY(Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yogana).
•Promotion of ancillary activities poultry bee
keeping and fisheries.
Among other strategies that can be adopted
IFS (Integrated Farming System) is most
important.
 Introduction
 Integrated farming(IF) is a whole
management system which aims to deliver
more sustainable agriculture.
 Farming is process of harnessing solar
energy in form of economic plant and
animal products.
 System implies a set of practices and
processess organised into functional
entity.
•It is based on concept that there is no waste
and waste is only a misplaced resource. Which
become valuable material for another product.
The IFS is defined as the biologically
integrated farming system which integrates
natural resources regulation mechanisms into
farming activities to achieve :
•Maximum replacement of off farm inputs.
•Sustain farm income.
•Reduce sources of present environmental
pollutions generated by agriculture and sustains
the multiple of agriculture.
•Secure sustainable production of high quality
food and other products through ecologically
proffered technologies.
 Agriculture + livestock
 Agriculture + livestock + poultry
 Horticulture + fish culture + poultry
 Pig + fish culture
 Agriculture + silvipasture
 Sericulture + fish culture
 Fish culture + sericulture
 Agriculture (rice) + fish + mushroom
cultivation
 Agriculture + duckery + poultry
 Poultry + fish culture
Objectives of integrated farming
 Should be area specific, formulate models
involving main and allied enterprises for different
farming situations.
 It should ensure optimal utilisation and
conservation of available resources with efficient
recycling within each system included.
 It should raise the net return of the farm
household by complementing main activity within
allied enterprises.
 It should address the nutritional insecurity of
resource poor farmers vulnerability and poverty
of landless labours.
 Watershed
 Farm ponds
 Bio-pesticieds
 Bio-fertilizers
 Plant products as pesticides
 Bio-gas
 Solar energy
 Compost making
 Green manuring
 Rain water harvesting
 Primary goals of IFS
 Maximization of yield of all component
enterprises to provide study and stable
income
 Rejuvenation of systems productivity and
achieve agro-ecological equilibrium
 Avoid buildup of insect pests, diseases and
weed population through natural cropping
system and keep them at low level of
intensity
 Reducing use of chemicals
 Increased productivity through increased
economic yield per unit area per time
 Improved profitability achieved due to
recycling of waste of enterprise as energy
inputs for other systems
 Greater sustainability in production
 Integration of different production
system(solve malnutrition).