A Study on Electric-cum-solar Fencing as a Tool for Facilitating Multiple-cropping in Area with Open-grazing by Stray-cattle
2021
Sarma, A.K. | Bhattacharyya, H.K. | Barooah, A. | Thakuria, C. | Kachari, M. | Saikia, H. | Salam, A.
The present study was conducted to see the efficacy of electric-fencing as a tool for facilitating multiple-cropping in a chronically flood-prone village, viz.., Panimirigaon of Dibrugarh district, where 2ⁿᵈ crop cannot be grown at all after winter rice due to open grazing by stray-cattle. Crop production interventions were taken up for three consecutive years in the study area within the electrical-fencing in sequence mode (Rice-toria-Rice) based on soil-nutrient analysis. By the use of electric-fencing, cropping intensity of the study area was enhanced by 2–3 folds from existing cropping intensity of 108 per cent of the village. On comparison, it is found that the cost of the electric-fencing is less than the bamboo-fencing in long run; in bamboo-fencing the cost per hectare per year is more to a tune of Rs. 3,300.00 than electric fencing. With the intervention the gross-income increased by 321.02 per cent in 2014–15, 339.77 per cent in 2015–16 and 359.09 per cent in 2016–17. This fencing may help farmers in doubling his income through multiple-cropping.
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