Replacing Maize with Coconut
Plant Hybrid seedlings in the field and grow Maize crop for the first two years, later go for shade loving crops like cocoa under coconut after three years.- Young coconut plants start giving fruits from the fourth year with good management.
- This will provide life long increased income from the same area of land without recurring planting costs.
- Maize is prone to vagaries of nature and gets destroyed with untimely rains.
- Coconut farm allows for multiple intercrops, whereas Maize is a mono crop with no additional income.
- Harvesting, loading, handling, and transportation of Maize is very time consuming and laborious.
Deejay Hybrid Coconut vs Maize
Details |
Deejay Sampoorna® |
Maize |
| Year of first yield | 4th year | Seasonal / Short duration Crop |
| Yield Stabilisation | 6th year | N. A. |
| Annual costs per acre | Rs. 46,000 | Rs. 30,000 |
| Annual Income per acre | Rs. 2,62,500 (17,500 nuts x Rs.15) |
Rs. 44,000 (2.5 t X Rs. 17,600/t) |
| Net operating revenue per acre | Rs. 2,16,000 | Rs. 14,000 |
- Coconut is a perennial crop giving income round the year, whereas Maize is a seasonal/short duration crop with one-time low income.
- Coconut prices are dictated by demand & supply situation, whereas Maize price is fixed by domestic market traders and processors.
- Coconut farm allows for multiple intercrops, whereas Maize is a mono-crop with no additional income.
- Coconut has multiple uses & multiple harvesting opportunities, whereas Maize is a single harvest and single-use. In Maize cultivation pesticide sprays, several pickings, inter cultivation operations are labor-intensive and widely prone to adverse climatic conditions.
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