BAIF-NAIP

Consortium Partners: Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune Dr. Hedgewar Seva Samiti, Nandurbar

Operational Area

Clusters
» Mandane
» Khandbara

KHANDBARA

Khandbara is located 30 kms away from Nandurbar district headquarter. Total 21 villages have been selected for the programme. Core villages are 8 namely Borcheck (east), Borchek (west), Karanjali, Modulipada, Nagare, Nizampur, Nimbhoni, Palipada.

Social composition Annual Income

Rain fall for 2007-08 mm	1000-1100
Villages surveyed	7
Total families surveyed	251
BPL families	177
Literacy	53% for men, 37% for women
Average family size	6
Occupation	Agriculture
Average land holding	4 Acres

Migration: 25% of respondents reported seasonal migration.

Livestock:

Cows	Buffalo	Bullocks	He- Buffalo	Total large ruminants	Goats/ Sheep	Pigs	Poultry	Total Livestock
245	94	397	4	740	97	4	191	1032

• 83% of the families are holding large and small animals also out of which 58% maintain only large
animals and 3 % of them maintain only small animals also.
• 28% of the families have small animals out of which 3 % families maintain only small animals.
• Only 14% of the families do not possess animals.
• Average no. of cattle holding / family is 4.

Agriculture:
• 45% of the farmers have irrigation facilities and its source is mainly well irrigation (35%).
• About 56% of the crop acreage is under irrigation and about 44% of it is rain fed.
• Major crops are rice (23%), Rabi Jowar, (33%) and wheat (17%). Sugarcane, jowar, Soya bean and
pulses are other important crops with 5, 4, 7 and 11 percent crop acreage under these crops
respectively.
• About 88% of farmers make use of 50 kgs or less per acre. Some 5% of them use more than 100
kgs of it.
• None of the farmers has followed the practice of getting their soil tested.
• Majority of the farmers (95%) are carrying on their tillage operations on traditional lines with the
use of bullock power and use of tractor for this purpose is nearly non-existent (only 1 of 251 uses
tractor for ploughing).
• Absence of Green manuring, Kitchen gardens

Input costs for agriculture:

Inputs	Cotton	Jowar	Soya bean	Toor	Udid	Moong
Seed (KG/A)	1.61	6.07	26.02	6.09	9.32	2.88
Amount	486.67	274.13	670.18	335	450	45
Fertilizer (KG/A)	1	14.24	8.04	12.33	4.92	1
Amount	320	342.65	336.67	281.92	389.58	250
Medicines (Lt/A)	0	0	0	1	0	0
Amount	0	0	0	450	0	0
Total	806.67	616.78	1006.85	1066.92	839.58	295

Average crop yields:

Crop	Irrigated acres	Production	Yield Q/A	Non - Irrigated Acres	Production	Yield Q/A
Cotton	5	23	4.6	6	13.9	2.32
Sugarcane	47	3562	75.79	-	-	-
Sorghum	-	-	-	38	125.5	3.3
Rice	-	-	-	238	626.99	2.63
Soya	34	98.03	2.88	39	77.35	1.98
Wheat	157	1535.05	9.77	15	83.5	5.57
Rabi Sorghum	-	-	-	341	127.31	0.37
Tur	-	-	-	49	115.31	2.35
Mung	-	-	-	7	7.2	1.03
Udid	-	-	-	53	62.05	1.17
Chana	-	-	-	5	7.8	1.56