The farming system leads to utilize the farm resources in the efficient way and establish the farm income. The major farming systems included in the present study were rice based farming system (RFS), forest based farming system (FFS) and earthen-pot making based farming system (EPMFS). The study was undertaken to analysis the economics of rice production under different farming systems in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. The present study was conducted in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh state. Dantewada, Geedam and Katekalyan blocks were selected and two villages from each blocks were considered for the study purpose. The percentage proportionate sampling technique was used for the selection of farmers as per their farm size of holdings. Total 90 farmers were selected as sample households. From empirical findings of the study it revealed that the land available for cultivation was the maximum under RFS (36.40%) followed by EPMFS (13.92%) and FFS (6.87%). The total cost of cultivation of rice was Rs.7577.41, 6038.23 and 7566.32 per hectare under RFS; FFS and EPMFS, respectively. The average yield of rice was 16.12, 11.13 and 17.02 qt/ha at the farms of respective farming systems and the net return accounted over total cost was Rs. 9356.50, Rs. 6299.50 and Rs. 10301.33 per hectare to the respective farming systems. Further, the B: C ratio was observed higher in case of EPMFS (1.38) as compared to RFS (1.20) followed by FFS (1.04).
Farming Systems, Economics of rice cultivation
