Economics of coconut-based farming systems
| dc.contributor.author | Prafulla K. Das | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-10T08:57:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-06-10T08:57:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-02-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The interest for palm based farming systems has stemmed from both technical and economic grounds. Feasibility studies under rainfed situation involving different species and varieties of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, tubers and rhizomes revealed that under Kerala conditions the tubers and rhizomes are relatively more compatible and remunerative intercrops than that of other groups in coconut gardens of Kerala. The economic potential in terms of net profit in the case of coconut + elephant foot-yam system was estimated at Rs 18550/ha/year, while it was Rs 14350 in the case of coconut + ginger system and Rs 5150 in coconut sole crop system. Among several feasible combinations under irrigation, one of the most promising systems is the integration of coconut + black pepper + cocoa + pineapple in an adult garden of above 20 years. The economic analysis suggests that this combination could generate a net return of Rs 33550/ha/year, while the net return realization from an irrigated middle aged coconut monocrop is estimated at Rs 23200/ha/year. The BCR in this system comes to 1.76, the IRR is higher than 20% and the annual NPW is Rs 32700. In the case of coconut-based irrigated mixed farming system involving the production of fodder grass in the interspaces of palms, training pepper on coconut, maintaining cross-bred cows and rabbits and raising of subsidiary crops, it was observed that the net return from 1 ha coconut block of 60-70 year age groupJcould be as high as Rs 29500 per annum. While the annual employment generations in 1 ha rainfed coconut monocrop and irrigated coconut monocrop are assessed at 120 and 144 mandays, the same was estimated at 620 mandays in the case of rainfed coconut + ginger system, 335 mandays on coconut + pepper + coconut + pineapple mixed cropping system and 850 mandays in coconut based mixed farming system. In the traditional homestead farmings in Kerala, the technical feasibility of coconut-based farming system is grossly misused, thus the opportunities to maximise the economic gains per unit area, input and time are lost. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | In: Coconut Breeding and Management (Eds.)Sailas EG, Aravindakshan M ; Jose At, Kerala Agricultural University, Trichur,1991 p-255-261 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2657 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | Economics of coconut-based farming systems | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |