ICAR-CIARI

Diversified farm of Shri A. Samsuddin under challenged conditions

SITUATION ANALYSIS

He runs a 3,000 bird capacity broiler farm; rears 100 desi poultry; rears 60 goats; collects, processes and supplies coconut to copra units; supplies 10 to 15 tonnes of noni fruits annually to the nearby processing plant from the 1,000 trees grown along the bunds and borders of his farm; raising different varieties of banana as intercrop in arecanut; and cultivates pepper using noni trees as standard.

TECHNOLOGY INTERVENTIONS

Since 1995, he is participating in various capacity building programmes of KVK, South Andaman. In 2000, he started a broiler farm with 1,000 bird capacity under the technical guidance of KVK, South Andaman of ICAR- CIARI on buy-back agreement with M/s. RSN.

Inspired by CIARI’s promotion of Noni for marginal lands in the Islands, he has been growing 1,000 trees of Noni var. CIARI Sampada since 2008 on the bunds and borders of his farm.

IMPACT / OUTCOME OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION

In 2017, he established a 3,000 bird capacity poultry farm with 700 birds per batch. He has established a consistent marketing network with shops in the locality and adjacent islands.

INCOME GENERATION

Upon spending Rs.280 which includes Rs.60 on purchase of chick, Rs.175 on feed, Rs.20 on saw dust flooring and Rs.25 on maintenance, a bird achieves 1.8 kg weight by 45 days. By selling a bird at the wholesale rate of Rs.175 per kg, he earns a profit of Rs.20 per kg which translates into Rs.25,200 per batch of 700 birds in 45 days.

Since past three years, the trees are bearing 10-15 tonnes of fruits per annum which he sells to the nearby processing plant of M/s. Alberta Agro Pvt. Ltd. at the rate of Rs.20/kg. With an expenditure of Rs.8 over DAP and FYM, he earns a profit of Rs.12/kg of fruit which translates into Rs.1.2 to 1.8 lakh per annum.

WAY FORWARD

He swears farming the best among all professions both in terms of income it generates and the interesting challenges it poses. In this light, he advocates Integrated Farming System for its effective utilization of farm resources.

Contributors : S.K.ZamirAhmed , Jaya kumaravaradan , & D. Karunakaran

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