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Farm Management
Farm Management
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Learning Outcome
After this presentation you will be familiar with:
1. The concept of farm
2. Problems associated with actual farming
3. Definition of farm management
4. Scope of farm management
5. Farm management decision
6. Farm management wrt other science
7. Farm Management problems in India
8. Principles of variable proportions
9. Land management
10.Factors determining types of farming
11.Systems of farming
12.Special features of Indian farm labor
13.Labor management and efficency of labour
Background
Small farmers generally depend on mono-
commodity farming, mainly on crop. They are
poor and lack proper training, skill and know-
how knowledge in toiling the lands.
Apparently, there are still certain constraints
barring the adoption of new technology,
resulting in very low productivity.
Farm means a piece of land where crops
and livestock enterprises are taken up
under common management and has
specific boundaries.
Farm Management
4. Marketing decisions
a) buying – when to buy, where to buy and
how to buy the farm inputs
b) selling – when, where and how to sell
farm products
Farm mgt in relation to other science
1. Agronomy – for developing physical input-output
relationships in crop production, fertilizer, irrigation use etc.
2. Chemistry – ways and means of improving soils & their
productivity
3. Botany – supplies knowledge of crops, varieties & their
ecology
4. Plant breeding – provides knowledge of seeds and their
varieties
5. Agricultural engg – provides knowledge pertaining to the use
of machinery, power and equipment & their efficiency
6. Animal husbandry – knowledge of animal feeding and
maintenance and breeding
7. Sociology – understanding cultural traits, community
environment & social forces wrt agri enterprises and farm
grps
8. Psychology – provides information on human motivation and
attitudes towards new techniques of agricultural prdn and
their adoption.
Farm Management problems in India
1. Subsistence type of farming and more family
oriented farms: farm as a household
2. Predominance of small farms-small size of farm
business
3. Transitory stage from traditional farming to
scientific and commercial farms
4. Regional variations in farm practices, productivity
and cost structure and thereby farm incomes
5. Improved technology and adoption to location
specific probs, slow adoption of innovations
6. Major farming resources human and bullock labor,
crop, land and irrigation water are available in a
combination-labor plentiful and capital scarce
7. Under-employment and unemployment
8. Lack of communication systems & regulated mkt
orgs.
Contd …
LAND MANAGEMENT:
Selection of Farm : choice of farm arises when
there is sufficient cultivable land for use or there
is no restriction for sanction of purchase of land
Factors to be considered in selecting a farm
1.Physical factors : climate, rainfall, topography,
soil, water supply, drainage
2.Economic factors – transport and market
facilities, institutional facilities like co-
operatives, bank, ATMs etc; local taxes, land
values and productivity.
3.Social factors – accessibility to schools and
hospitals, type of neighbors and community,
tradition and customs
Contd…………………..
1. Mostly underemployed
2. Disguised unemployment
3. Growing average size of labor families
4. Low productivity
5. Lack of organisation
6. Low bargaining power and low standard of living
7. Low wages and seasonal nature of employment
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Disguised unemployment