An Economic Analysis on Integrated Farming System Model of Burakocha Village in Angara Block of Ranchi District, Jharkhand

The study of "An Economic Analysis on Integrated Farming System Model of Burakocha village in Angara block of Ranchi District, Jharkhand" was conducted in January 2018 to June 2018. For collecting the data different methods were adopted like quantitative (survey- personal interview) and qualitative (observation, case study) and PRA also. Through the survey, it was known that more than half of the villagers were literate but education standard was very poor. Farmers of this village practiced organic agriculture, besides they were also involved in lac cultivation. They also reared livestock. In this village, most of the 72% farmers were of small and marginal categories with land holding below 2.5 acres. Five major farming systems were documented and their economic analysis was undertaken. The most popular farming system of the study area was FS1 (A+H1+H2+L+G+Powith B: C at 3.15. But from the study, it was established that most effective farming system in this area for the farmers was FS5 (A+H1+H2+L). This farming system generated the highest B: C of 3.38. Villagers were interested in new governmental schemes and were interested to accept new farm production technologies.Divyayan Krishi Vigyan Kendra (DKVK) intervened in the year 2017 and transformed it to organic village with a well-planned implementation strategy. Their farming income was low because of improper water and pest management, lack of marketing facilities and use of low-quality seed. It was necessary to overcome these hurdles and also to make the farmers adopt the best and most profitable farming system model for a strategy on sustainable livelihood through increased farm income.