Improving Profitability and productivity is one of the key aspects of the sustainability of Onion farming.It should be done by ensuring the quality of the Onions . Every farmer should work towards increasing their productivity and implement continuous productivity improvement mechanisms in their field for every crop they cultivate.Understanding the areas of improvement can help them to seek the advice of experts and do necessary improvement actions so that they get increased profit and quality product.Hence understanding area of improvement is very important.
Below are some of the key opportunity areas where Onion farmers in India can work towards increasing their productivity and profitability.
1)Improve your Land: Even though this is primary aspect of Onion farming,some farmers have no other option while selecting the Land for Onion farming.They are doing farming in their Own/available land.But understanding the soil,taking experts advice,improving the infrastructure of the land like irrigation system,connectivity can improve their productivity and profitability.Every farmers should solve one or two infrastructure issues in their land every year.
2)Improve Labour force: Labours who are working in the field are very important area of improvement.Ever year one or who study classes to be arranged for the labours on productivity /crop management/new technology aspects.This will definitely bring improvements in your farm.Also invest in bringing new machines /technology to your farm to automate the tasks. Do not go for ver big changes if you are a small scale farmer.But do small small changes every year.
3)New Seeds to be tested: You should test new seeds in small area of your farm every year.If you are satisfied with the result,then go for implementing in your farm.Every year our Agricultural universities and researchers are bring new highly productive seeds for our farmers.You should take benefits of the same.Get in touch with your nearest Krishi Vigyan Kendras and Agricultural universities in your state. Definitely you can get latest updates and you will get benefited out of it.
One thing you need to keep in mind-:You should test the same in your farm and get satisfying result before implementing the same in your farm.Keep it as a procedure to safeguard you from any adverse effect as our farm is different from the test conditions of the researchers.
4)Implement Greenhouse:You should work towards Greenhouse farming.This is the future of the farming and you will get benefited by controlling the bad effects of weather conditions.For more details you can go through Greenhouse farming-Future technology of Indian Agriculture
5)Prepare seasonal calendar: You should keep a calendar which contain your Onion farming season,the price you got on your Onions,Market price fluctuations,Bad weather season,Crop damage season, Low yield season etc.You should map all these aspects in a single calendar. Once you have mapped all these aspects,you will come to know the best time period you should farm Onions and the season you should avoid.
6)Eliminate unnecessary works:Farmers should avoid unnecessary reworks and should do what is necessary.If you take care at the starting itself,you can avoid replanting and save the labour cost.For more details,please read Onion Farming. Utilising greenhouse farming method will also help you the eliminate many unnecessary labour intensive tasks.
7)Work towards improving marketing channels: Currently the common Onion farmer is relying on below marketing network for selling their Onions
Onion Farmer--->commission Agent--->wholesaler--->retailer--->Consumer.
Since the consumer price is determined by market price, the more the length of the marketing network,the less price Onion farmer enjoy for their products. Hence every Onion farmer should work towards reduce the length of the network.Forming Co-Operative societies and groups will help farmers to achieve this task.It is very important for the sustainability of the farm revenue.
Hope above post will help you to achieve more revenue and profit in coming years.Apart from above points,if you feel to add more points,please add as comment below.It will surely help everyone who is in this field.
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