A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF HAVELI SYSTEM OF FARMING IN CENTRAL INDIA

R.N. SHRIVASTAVA¹*, KULDIP PATHAK², M.K. AWASTHI³, R.K. NEMA^4
1Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh
²Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh
³Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh
⁴Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh
* Corresponding Author : dr.rnshrivastava@gmail.com

Received : 20-03-2018     Accepted : 28-03-2018     Published : 30-03-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 6       Pages : 5614 - 5617
Int J Agr Sci 10.6 (2018):5614-5617

Keywords : Upstream bund, Downstream bund, Side stream bund, Standing water, Weed control, Groundwater recharge
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Ground water recharge is now becoming a matter of concern but in Indian agriculture it has always been considered. Haveli system of farming, practiced in black cotton soil area of central India is an age-old practice which gives a good recharge in monsoon and assured good yield in Rabi. In Haveli system rain water is held in bunded fields generally from II week of July to the end of October then this water is drained and crops are taken. In order to understand the complete phenomenon of this system this study was undertaken in a Haveli intensive area of Jabalpur district. Patan and Shahpura are two such blocks covering geographical area 60734 ha and 81548 ha respectively and the Haveli area of Patan and Shahpura block was estimated to be 31984 ha and 34533 ha respectively. Three villages, namely Shahsan and Dhaneta of Patan block and Ghunsor village of Shahpura block were selected randomly for the study having Haveli area of 6260 ha , 3940 ha and 14987 ha respectively. Basic information was collected through survey and then Haveli fields were demarcated and dimension of bunds, depth of water stored, moisture after drainage, crops taken and other agricultural practices were studied. A SMW- wise timetable of different activities conducted in this system is prepared. Haveli farmers were divided in four groups i.e., big, medium, small and marginal and relevant information were collected through questionnaire. it was observed that the medium and big of farmers have more adoption of Haveli cultivation. Thus, a complete study of Haveli cultivation was made and presented in this paper. It was concluded that this system is beneficial to farmers as compare to non haveli farmers as they require more field operation, more irrigation, more seed rate and also more fertilizer.

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