Assessment of Economic Viability of Different Agroforestry Systems in Giri Catchment, Himachal Pradesh

In Himachal Pradesh, 80 percent of its total population lives in villages. Their economy is depends on agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry. The practice of pure agriculture in HP is sufficient for the inhabitants to sustain only their food requirements but, for other needs peoples are for...

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Published inEconomic affairs (Calcutta) Vol. 60; no. 3; pp. 557 - 561
Main Authors Singh, Matber, Gupta, B, Das, Shaon Kr, Avasthe, R.K, Sarvade, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Publishers 01.09.2015
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Agroforestry system
benefit-cost ratio
Himachal Pradesh
net return
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Summary:In Himachal Pradesh, 80 percent of its total population lives in villages. Their economy is depends on agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry. The practice of pure agriculture in HP is sufficient for the inhabitants to sustain only their food requirements but, for other needs peoples are forced to exploit forests. The present investigation was carried out in Giri catchment in located between 30O 33’ 48’’ and 31O16’ 08’’ N latitude and 77O 02’ 32’’ to 77O 38’ 22’’ E longitude in Himachal Pradesh. The net returns from agroforestry systems decreased, though statistically insignificant, in the order agrisilviculture system (277415.00 Rs. ha−l yr−1) > agrisilvihorticulture system (270747.00 ha−l yr−1) > agrihortisilviculture (269033.00 ha−l yr−1) > agrihortisilviculture (225880.30 ha−l yr−1) systems. The benefit-cost ratio in silvipasturesystemwas significantlyhigher(3.34) than allothersystemsand itdecreasedinthe order: S6(2.53) >S4(2.38) > S3(2.17) > S1(2.10) > S1(1.87).
ISSN:0424-2513
0976-4666
DOI:10.5958/0976-4666.2015.00078.9