Study on Income Generation through Homestead Vegetable Production among the Farmers of Durg District of Chhattisgarh, India

The vegetable production in homestead land can play a significant role in providing enhanced food supply and augmented diversity of food to some extent in state like Chhattisgarh. The present investigation was carried out to determine the utilization pattern of homestead land for vegetable production and its impact on improving household income among the farmers. The study was conducted using experimental research design during 2021 and 2022 among homestead of 200 selected farmers of Durg District of Chhattisgarh. Under this study, only those farmers were selected who had at least 500 sq.mt. of cultivable land adjacent to their house. It was found that utilization of homestead for vegetable production was increased intervention of programme namely Poshan Badi Vikas Yojana. Majority of the farmers (91.19%) having small homestead lands (up to 1000 sq.mt.) were able to generate income up to Rs. 10,000 before implementation of the programme, whereas, most of the farmers (56.60%) started earning Rs. 10,000 to 20,000 after implementation of programme from their small homestead lands. Before the implementation of the programme, majority of the farmers (54.84%) were able to generate income up to Rs. 10,000 in the medium homestead lands (1000 to 2000 sq.mt.), the income was increased up to Rs. 10,000 to 20,000 for most of the farmers (45.16%) after implementation of the programme in their medium homestead lands. It indicated that most of the farmers (33.33%) who had small homestead lands their income increase by 50 per cent and in case of medium and big homestead lands, about 45 and 40 per cent of the farmers said that their income level was increased by 20 to 25 per cent and up to 25 per cent after implementation of the programme. Vegetable production with appropriate technology in the homestead may be a very good move for extra income generation and nutritional security in rural areas of Chhattisgarh.