Study on the vegetable based cropping systems for the selected farmers of Boreya village
Ashok Prajapati
The present investigation was carried out at Boreya village of Kanke block (Ranchi district) during February-2013 to May-2013 with the help of questionnaires and interview among the selected farmers. Most of the farmers under studied village of Kanke block belong to either marginal or small category. The typical demographic feature of the studied area is undulated topography comprising of low, medium and up land situations. The cultivation of vegetables is mainly conducted in upland areas during Kharif season by growing mainly potato, tomato, different gourds etc. whereas, during Rabi and Zaid seasons, most of the medium land and lowland areas are covered by growing different vegetables due to prevalence of suitable weather conditions and presence of either perennial sources of water or arrangement of artificial sources of water through river and wells but there is no cultivation of crop in Zaid season at the upland condition due to acute problem of irrigation water during summer months. The village under studied areas of the Kanke block of Ranchi district is dominated for cultivation of different vegetables like potato, tomato, cauliflower, cabbage, chilli, brinjal, French bean, garden pea, cowpea, onion, radish, carrot, okra, ginger, pointed gourd, bottle guard, cluster bean and garlic. During Kharif season chili was emerged as the most beneficial crop with the benefit cost ratio of 4.20 followed by tomato (4.00). In this regard, cabbage was the most profitable crop with B: C ratio 5.19 followed by the carrot (4.15) for the Rabi season, whereas, in Zaid season bottle gourd was materialized as the more beneficial crop with B: C ratio of 3.03 followed by okra (2.30). From the present study, potato-coriander-cucumber cropping system was emerged as the most beneficial cropping system with overall average B: C ratio of 6.40 for the Boreya village of Kanke block. From the cropping system study, potato-coriander-cucumber was emerged as the most beneficial cropping system, with the B: C ratio of 6.40 that was documented as the highest among all other cropping systems.
Keywords: Vegetables, Cropping System, Jharkhand, Net Profit, Benefit Cost Ratio.