Replacing Cotton with Coconut
Plant Hybrid seedlings in the field and then go with the planting of Cotton crops for up to 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 planting.
- Cotton price is prone to adverse climatic conditions and untimely rains.
- Coconut farm allows for multiple intercrops, whereas Cotton is a mono-crop with no additional income.
- Pest control, harvesting, loading, handling, and transportation of cotton is very time-consuming and laborious.
Deejay Hybrid Coconut vs Cotton
Details | Deejay Sampoorna® | Cotton |
| Year of first yield | 4th year | Short duration Commercial crop |
| Yield Stabilisation | 6th year | N.A. |
| Annual costs per acre | Rs. 46,000 | Rs. 40,000 |
| Annual Income per acre | Rs. 2,62,500 (17,500 nuts x Rs.15) | Rs.65,000 (1.3 t X Rs.50,000/t) |
| Net operating revenue per acre | Rs. 2,16,000 | Rs. 25,000 |
- Coconut is a perennial crop giving income round the year, whereas Cotton is a short duration crop with a one-time low income.
- Coconut prices are dictated by demand & supply situation, whereas Cotton price is fixed by domestic market traders.
- Coconut farm allows for multiple intercrops, whereas Cotton is a mono-crop with no additional income.
- Coconut has multiple uses & multiple harvesting opportunities, but cotton is a single harvest and single-use.
In Cotton cultivation pesticide sprays, several pickings, inter cultivation operations are labor-intensive and widely prone to adverse climatic conditions.
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.
Replacing Mango with Coconut
Existing Mango gardens can be converted into Hybrid coconut gardens through the rejuvenation program.- Plant Hybrid seedlings in between the existing Mango plots and after two years uproot mango and go for shade loving crops like cocoa under coconut after three years.
- Young coconut plants start giving fruits from the fourth year with good maintenance.
- This will provide life long increased income from the same area of planting.
- Rejuvenating with coconut trees saves the farmer the problem of crop loss in mango due to untimely rains and vagaries of nature.
- Coconut provides monthly income to the farmer and hence provides great financial stability.
Deejay Hybrid Coconut vs Mango
Details | Deejay Sampoorna® | Mango |
| Year of first yield | 4th year | Perennial Annual Crop |
| Yield Stabilisation | 6th year | 7th year |
| Annual costs per acre | Rs. 46,000 | Rs. 15,000 |
| Annual Income per acre | Rs. 2,62,500 (17,500 nuts x Rs.15) | Rs.52,500 (1.5 Ton X Rs.35,000/t) |
| Net operating revenue per acre | Rs. 2,16,000 | Rs. 37,500 |
- Coconut has multiple uses and multiple harvesting stages, whereas Mango has single use once a year harvesting.
- Coconut gives uniform yield year on year, whereas Mango gives low yield in alternate years.
- Coconut price is decided on demand & supply situation, whereas Mango fruit price is decided by local market traders. Many varieties of Mango fruits lack export quality and limited to only a few varieties.
- Multiple intercropping possible in Coconut plantation, whereas in Mango farms intercrop is not practiced.
Replacing Oil Palm with Coconut
Existing Oil Palm gardens can be converted into Hybrid coconut gardens through replanting program.- Remove oil palms completely and plough the land to remove oil palm roots as they spread wildly across the land.
- Prepare the land and plant hybrid coconut trees.
- Young coconut plants start giving fruits from the fourth year under good management conditions.
- This will provide life long increased income from the same area of planting.
- Irrigate and manure hybrid coconut trees as per the specified schedule to get optimum productivity.
- Hybrid coconut trees require only one-third of the fertilizers and irrigation compared to oil palm.
Deejay Hybrid Coconut vs Oil Palm
Details | Deejay Sampoorna® | Oil Palm |
| Year of first Yield | 4th year | 4th year |
| Yield Stabilisation | 6th year | 10th year |
| Annual costs per acre | Rs. 46,000 | Rs. 45,000 |
| Annual Income per acre | Rs. 2,62,500 (17,500 nuts x Rs.15) | Rs.1,11,000 (10 t X Rs. 11,000) |
| Net operating revenue per acre | Rs. 2,16,000 | Rs. 66,000 |
- Coconut has multiple uses and multiple harvesting stages, whereas oil palm has single use one harvesting time.
- Coconut price is decided on demand & supply situation, whereas oil palm fruit price is decided by govt.
- Multiple intercropping is possible in Coconut plantation, whereas intercrop is not possible in oil palm farms.
- Oil palm farmers were frustrated enough by the improper logistics facilities, collection center issues, procurement problems, and payment issues from the private companies and government.
- Oil palm Farmers are facing problem in harvesting, requires very skilled labor to harvest the fruit using Malaysian sickles.
Replacing Sugarcane with Coconut
Existing Sugarcane gardens can be converted into Hybrid coconut gardens through the rejuvenation program.- Plant Hybrid seedlings in between the existing sugarcane plots and after two years stop sugarcane and go for shade loving crops like cocoa under coconut after three years for better income.
- Young coconut plants start giving fruits from the fourth year with good maintenance.
- This will provide life long increased income from the same area of planting without replanting costs.
- Irrigation, fertilizers, inter cultivation, pesticides, more bulky organic manures application, harvesting, loading, handling, and transportation of sugarcane from sugarcane plots is very time consuming and laborious.
Deejay Hybrid Coconut vs Sugarcane
Details | Deejay Sampoorna® | Sugarcane |
| Year of first Yield | 4th year | Annual Crop |
| Yield Stabilisation | 6th year | N. A. |
| Annual costs per acre | Rs. 46,000 | Rs. 40,000 |
| Annual Income per acre | Rs. 2,62,500 (17,500 nuts x Rs.15) | Rs.1,08,000 (40 t X Rs.2,700) |
| Net operating revenue per acre | Rs. 2,16,000 | Rs. 68,000 |
- Coconut is a perennial crop giving income round the year, whereas sugarcane is an annual crop with one income.
- Coconut prices are dictated by demand & supply situation, whereas sugarcane price is fixed by Government (In most of the cases it’s determined by sugar factory owners).
- Coconut farm allows for multiple intercrops, whereas sugarcane is a mono crop with no additional income.
- Coconut has multiple uses & multiple harvesting opportunities. In sugarcane its single harvest, and single use.
- In sugarcane planting, inter cultivation, harvesting and loading involve considerable labor (very laborious).
Replacing Tobacco with Coconut
Plant Hybrid seedlings in the land and then go with Tobacco crop up to 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 planting.
- The future of tobacco is not certain with increased government restrictions over tobacco consumption.
- Coconut farm allows for multiple intercrops, whereas tobacco is a mono crop with no additional income.
- Harvesting, handling, and transportation of tobacco are very time consuming and laborious.
Deejay Hybrid Coconut vs Tobacco
Details | Deejay Sampoorna® | Tobacco |
| Year of first Yield | 4th year | Short duration Commercial crop |
| Yield Stabilisation | 6th year | N. A. |
| Annual costs per acre | Rs. 46,000 | Rs. 60,000 |
| Annual Income per acre | Rs. 2,62,500 (17,500 nuts x Rs.15) | Rs.96,000 (800 kg X Rs. 120/kg) |
| Net operating revenue per acre | Rs. 2,16,000 | Rs. 36,000 |
- Coconut is a perennial crop giving income round the year, whereas Tobacco is a short duration crop with one time low income, requires more labor for processing, cultivation, storage, handling, etc.
- Coconut prices are dictated by demand & supply situation, whereas Tobacco price is fixed by the Tobacco board which is controlled by private companies.
- Coconut farm allows for multiple intercrops, whereas Tobacco is a mono crop with no additional income.
- Coconut has multiple uses & multiple harvesting opportunities, but tobacco is a single harvest and single use.
- Existing traditional coconut gardens can be converted into Hybrid coconut gardens through the rejuvenation program.
- Plant hybrid seedlings in between the existing traditional coconut trees with a spacing of 25 ft.
- Start uprooting existing tall coconut trees from the second year to give good sunlight to the young coconut plants.
- Young coconut plants start giving fruits from the fourth year under good management conditions.
- This will provide life long increased income from the same area of planting.
- Irrigate and manure hybrid coconut trees as per the specified schedule to get optimum productivity.
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