Farmer Shri.Rudraiah is a 75 years old person involved in farming since 50 years. He resides in Chikkahalli village of Korategere taluk in Tumakuru District. He used to own 2 acre farm, in which he used to cultivate Arecanut, Coconut and Ragi (MR-6 variety). In the year 2017, the KVK staff advised him to go for Integrated Farming System (IFS). Based on their advise has taken another 1.5 acre land on lease. Presently, in the total area of 3.5 acres, he cultivates Arecanut and Coconut (1.5 acre) with banana as intercrop, China Aster (0.5 acre), Kakada Jasmine (0.25 acre), Ragi (1 acre) and Rose (0.25 acre). He has only one bore well as a source of irrigation to meet the water requirement of his entire land. He also maintains 2 cows (HF-16 ltrs per day and Jersy-6 ltrs per day) and 2 goats. Apart from following the cropping pattern suggested by the KVK, he also adopted new varieties and other technological products as given below.
He introduced Ragi ML-365 variety in place of MR-6 variety by which his yield increased from 22 qtl to 28 qtl per ha. As far as China aster is concerned, he introduced Arka Kamini variety as per the advice of KVK. He also applied Banana special (Micronutrient formulation) to his banana crop and realized better fruit yield. He applied Vegetable special to other minor vegetables that he cultivate for his consumption. Further, he used Neem soap, AMC liquid for the growth promotion and plant protection related applications of all the crops in his field.
Due to the intervention as mentioned above, his net income got almost doubled over a period of 3 years (2017-2020) as given below:
Table.1
| Details | Gross Cost (Rs.) | Gross Income (Rs.) | Net Income (Rs.) | BCR |
| Before Intervention | 1,55,000 | 2,88,000 | 1,25,000 | 1.81 |
| After Intervention | 2,30,000 | 4,40,000 | 2,10,000 | 1.91 |
