Livelihood enhancement of farm women through vegetable nursery raising
Livelihood enhancement through vegetable nursery raising
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21921/jas.v8i04.7757Keywords:
Livelihood, Enhancement, Farm women, Nursery, raising, B:C ratioAbstract
Good quality healthy seedlings are very much needed for getting bumper yield and higher returns in vegetable production. Farm women often reported problems in quality nursery production during Kharif season. The high mortality of vegetable seedling results in huge losses of farm women. Keeping these facts in mind JNKVV Krishi Vigyan Kendra Shahdol conducted FLD on income enhancement of Farm women through improved nursery raising of vegetables. The study was conducted during Kharif 2019 and Kharif 2020 at two locations in two Nutrismart villages. The results revealed that farm women had a huge gap in the knowledge of selection of quality seeds (78%) and preparation of nursery bed and nutrient management (72%). The healthy seedling production under recommended practices and farmer practise was 1860/5 sqm in comparison to 1110/5 sqm respectively. The gross returns, net returns and B: C ratio under recommended practices and farmer’s practice were Rs 9300, Rs 6890 and 3.85 as compared to Rs 5550, Rs 3690 and 2.98 respectively.
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