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
» 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