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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present study was conducted during the year 2013-14 in District Meerut of Uttar Pradesh to know the possibilities of optimum combination of different enterprises for the enhancement of the farms income and employment of small category of farms household’s. Multistages tratified random sampling design was used to collect the primary data from; a sample of 32 respondents was selected on the basis of probability proportion to size of holdings. A linear programming (LP) model was used to find out the optimal farm plan for optimum land allocation for maximization of net returns and to generate employment from, small category of farms. In the study area, Small farms linear programming model resulted that increase in return which was 33.72 per cent higher than the existing farm plan and labour man days 69.59 per cent higher compare to the existing farm plan.