India is an agro-based country with around 60% of its people directly or indirectly depend upon agriculture. The farmer is the backbone of Indian economy. From last decades, farmers suicide number increases due to certain reasons as natural and artificial calamities. It's a big questions how to minimize such unnecessary conditions and and at the same time uplift farmers economy...Apiculture and Vermiculture act as the best-agro-based practices.

1. PRESENTED BY
arun b. sawarkar
A ZOOLOGICAL APPROACH
IN FARMER’S ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY
BP ARTS, SMA SCIENCE & KKC COMMERCE
COLLEGE, CHALISGAON, DIST- JALGAON

2.  The farmer is the backbone of Indian economy.
India is an agro-based country with around 60% of its
people directly or indirectly depend upon agriculture.
 The world's largest producer of many fresh fruits and
vegetables.
 Second largest producer of wheat and rice.
 India ranked within the world's five largest producers
of over 80% of agricultural produce items, including
many cash crops such as coffee and cotton.

5. Year Maharashtra Andhra
Pradesh
Karnataka Madhya
Pradesh
1995 1083 1196 2490 1239
1996 1981 1706 2011 1809
1997 1917 1097 1832 2390
1998 2409 1813 1883 2278
1999 2423 1974 2379 2654
2000 3022 1525 2630 2660
2001 3536 1509 2505 2824
2002 3695 1896 2340 2578
2003 3836 1800 2678 2511
2004 4147 2666 1963 3033
2005 3926 2490 1883 2660
2006 4453 2607 1720 2858
2007 4238 1797 2135 2856
2008 3802 2105 1737 3152
2009 2872 2414 2282 3197
2010 3141 2525 2585 2363
2011 3337 2206 2100 1326
Total 53818 33326 37153 42388
FARMER’S
SUICIDE
IN
INDIA

6. • Loan from Landlord
• Environmental Problems as drought, flood etc
• Stress, Family problems, alcoholism, mental
illness, dowry harassment and chronic diseases
• Mono cropping
• Illiteracy in the pesticides use
• Government policies

7.  APICULTURE
 VERMICULTURE
 SERICULTURE
 LAC CULTURE
 POULTRYFARM
 PISCICULTURE
 GOATARY
 PIGGARY……

8. VERMICULTUREAPICULTURE SERICULTURE PISCICULTURE
GOATARY PIGGARYPOULTRY FARM

9.  Vermiculture is an important agro-based
industry.
 It is a method of converting organic wastes into
useful products through the action of earthworm.
 The useful products are in the form of
vermicompost and vermiwash.
 They increase the fertility of the crop as
vegetables, fruits and fiber crops.

11. Sr.
No.
Requirements Expenditure in Rs
1 Cement tank (4) 8,000
2 Earthworms 600
3 Cowdung 2,000
4 Labour 800
Total 11,400
Sr.
No.
Products Product per tank Rate Total product
cost per tank
per month
Product Cost of 4
tanks per month
1 Vermicompost 1 Quintal/month @1200/Q 1*1200= 1200 1200*4 = 4800
2 Vermiwash 50 liter/month @80/liter 50*80 = 4000 4000*4 = 16000
3 Earthworms 5 kg/month @600/kg 5*1000= 5000 5000*4= 20000
Total 10,200 40,800

12.  Earthworms improves water holding capacity of soil.
 Vermicompost enhances germination, plant growth and crop
yield.
 Improves root growth and structure.
 Helps multiplication of microbes and maintain normal soil pH
 Due to healthy plant growth, plant can resist insect attack.
 Vermiwash acts as a plant tonic and help to reduce many
plant diseases.

13. • Apiculture is an important and dominant agro-based
industry.
• A non-competitive business with minimal recurring
expenses, the farmers could keep earning for life.
• 1/3rd of our diet comes from bee-pollinated crops.
• The honeybees are efficient pollinators and are
therefore of considerable ecological and economic
importance.
• They visit diverse flowers of plant species, foraging for
nectar and pollen grains.
• Bees play a vital role in making plant fertilization, as
well as help in the conservation of biodiversity.

15. HONEY

16. Sr.
No.
Crops Production in
percentage
1 Onion 179
2 Strawberry 39
3 Coconut 200
4 Coffee 83
5 Soybean 127
6 Sunflower 675
7 Cotton 35
8 Guava 200
9 Mustard 131
10 Citrus 750
11 Safflower 511
POLLINATED CROPS BY HONEYBEE

17. Sr.
No.
Equipments Rate Expenditure
in Rs
1 Bees boxes @ 2100*4 8,400
2 Bee Dress @ 500 500
3 Other equipments
(Smoker, Knife)
500
Total 9,400
Sr.
No.
Products Product
per box
Rate Total product
cost per box per
month
Product Cost per
4 boxes per month
1 Honey 4 Kg/month @150/Kg 4*200= 800 800*4 = 3200
2 Beeswax 1 Kg/month @70/Kg 1*80 = 80 80*4 = 320
Total 880 3520

18. Sr.
No.
Products Product per
box
Rate Total product
cost per box
per month
1 Honey 4 Kg/month @150/Kg 4*150= 600
2 Beeswax 1 Kg/month @70/Kg 1*70 = 70
3 Royal
Jelly
1 g/month @4000/gm 4000
4 Bee
Venom
1 g/month @5000/gm 5000
5 Pollen 5 g/month @2400/gm 12000
6 Propolis 500 g/month @5400/Kg 2700
Total 24370

19.  Apiculture and Vermiculture, both are agro-based
business.
 Both demands minimum investment and ensures high
revenue.
 Apiculture increases crop production qualitatively and
quantitatively.
 It provides honey, beeswax and other products.
 Vermiculture enhances germination, plant growth, and
crop yield.
 At some extent we can minimize farmer’s suicide.
 We can think about the sustainable development of
farmers and tribal.
 Encourages respect for living things and natural
cycles.