Sustainable development through farming system approach: A study of tribal region in Central Gujarat

In this study cost and returns, income and employment generation under different farming system has been analyzed. Major farming systems identified in the study area was FS-I (crop enterprises), FS-II (crop enterprises and animal husbandry), FS-III (crop enterprises and poultry) and FS-IV (crop enterprises, animal husbandry and poultry). The per farm results of the study indicated that the gross returns and net returns was found highest in FS-IV while least in FS-I. In case of employment generation, FS-IV generated higher employment (448.53 man days and 21.36 bullock pair days) followed by FS-II, FS-III and FS-I.