Interdependence of Various Components of Different Farming Systems of Different Climatic Zones of Jammu Region

The present investigation has been conducted in three agro-climatic zones, namely temperate, intermediate and sub-tropical zones of Jammu region with a view to propose an optimum model for each agro-climatic zone. For study four blocks from each agro-climatic zone and two villages from each block were selected randomly. From each village, respondents were selected randomly using proportional allocation method, so as to constitute a total sample size of 80 in each climatic zone and the overall total sample of 240 farmers. The input-output model has been used to examine the inter-linkages between various enterprises of the farming system. The transaction matrix results have indicated that the family labour has the highest input-output coefficient for all the consuming sectors for all the farming systems in all the zones. However, weak inter-linkages have been observed between various enterprises.