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Indian J Econ Dev DOI:10.5958/2322-0430.2015.00089.X

Volume 11 No. 4 (2015): 815-822 Research Article

OPTIMIZATION OF FARMING SYSTEMS ON TRIBAL FARMS

IN UTTARAKHAND

Shalini Raghav and Sanjay Kumar Srivastava

ABSTRACT

The linear programming technique was used to examine the potentiality to increase the farm income.

Across the farming systems, potential to increase Return Over Variable Cost (ROVC) over existing

plan was highest in Farming System (FS)-IV (Livestock) followed by FS-I (Crop+Livestock) and FS-

II (Crop). Whereas in the case of FS-III (Crop+Livestock+Orchard), potential to increase the

income was only 0.27 percent. Major policy implications emerged from the study were more attention

is required towards the improvement of orchard and livestock rearing. Potato cultivation should be

encouraged in the study area.

Keywords:Farm income, farming system, optimization, tribal farms.

JEL Classification: C61, C83, O13, O53, Q12