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
» Jivati
» Pombhurna

POMBHURNA

Pombhurna is a block place. It located at the distance of 50 kms on the east of District place. On east boundary it has Gadchiroli district. From other sides it is surrounded by blocks in Chandrapur district namely Mool, Chandrapur, Ballarpur and Gondpimpari. Cluster office is located at Pombhurna and project interventions will be in surrounding villages. Total villages selected in the cluster are 16. Baseline surveys and PRAs were conducted in six core villages namely Check Ballarpur, Check Khapari, Check Thanewasana, Velava and Dighori.

Social composition                                                                            Annual Income

 Rain fall for 2007-08 mm 1200
 Villages surveyed 6
 Total families surveyed 252
 BPL families 102
 Literacy 79% for men, 62% for women
 Average family size 5
 Sex Ratio 859
 Occupation Agriculture
 Average land holding 7 Acres

Livestock:

Cows Buffalo Bullocks He- Buffalo Total large ruminants Goats/ Sheep Pigs Poultry Total Livestock
314 55 531 9 909 215 4 949 2077
• Out of 252 families 16 families (6%) do not hold any livestock.
• 216 families (86%) are holding large animals. As against this number of families having small animals is 196 (76%).
• Few crossbreds (28) are there in the cluster.
• Average livestock holding in the cluster is 8.

Agriculture:
• Irrigation: It appears that every farmer has irrigation facility available to him. Most of them have
  either well (38%) or farm pond (bodi) irrigation source (30%).
• Cropping pattern: In contrast to the irrigation facilities available to the farmers only 11 % of the
   crops are taken under irrigation. Pulses, Soya and Paddy are the major crops forming 39, 29 and 21
   percent of total crop acreage respectively. In pulses Moong is the major crop.
• 100% of the farmers have adopted using chemical fertilizers.
• 11 farmers i.e. 4% have followed the practice of getting their soil tested.
• Almost all the farmers make use of bullock power for carrying out tillage operations and only 1
   farmer deploys tractor for ploughing his land.

Average crop yields:
Crop Irrigated acres Prod Average yield Q/A Non - Irrigated Acres Prod Average yield Q/A
 Sorghum - - - 5.00 9.00 1.80
 Paddy 12.30 105.00 8.54 66.50 489.00 7.35
 Soya bean 22.00 141.00 6.41 66.00 425.00 6.44
 Wheat 37.00 195.00 5.27 16.00 80.00 5.00
 Gram 20.00 58.00 2.90 - - -
 Linseed 0.50 0.70 1.40 - - -

Input cost for agriculture:

Inputs Paddy Soya Gram Green Gram Chili Wheat Linseed
 Seed (KG/A) 15 30 23 13 0.31 30.00 15.00
 Amount 716 1045 755 625 627.00 525.00 800.00
 Fertilizer (KG/A) 99 48 46 50 130.00 110.00 0.00
 Amount 804 514 493 500 1175.00 1150.00 0.00
 Medicines (Lt/A) 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 1.00 0.00 0.00
 Amount 0.00 0.00 - 0.00 346.00 0.00 0.00
 Total 1520 1559 1248 1125 2148 1675 800
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