(1) 244,805 acres in Kachin State were distributed among 52,966 holdings,
98.43% of total holding area were household-based land holdings. The majority of
these household-based land holdings (65.68%) were small farms under 5 acres in size,
and only one was large farms extending over 50 acres. Among special
land holdings, 72.22% were 50 acres and above in size.
(2) 92.40% of holders were males and only 7.60% were females. 74.15% of
all holders had formal schooling indicating their capability to adopt improved techniques
of production and to be responsive to effective extension services. 86.55% of holders
worked permanently on holdings. 42.22% of land holders had other sources of income.
(3) 31.50% of all holdings employed paid workers, 30.11% employed occasional
workers, and only 9.00% employed permanent workers. A large portion of labour input
was supplied by farm families. Among paid workers, the number of occasional workers
was as much as 3 times greater than that of the permanent workers.
special holdings however employed a comparatively larger percentage of hired
labour, paid workers (38.89%),permanent workes (61.11%) and occasional workers (72.22%).
(4) A larger percentage of special land holdings used machinery and equipment
than did household-based land holdings. 38.89% of special land holdings used water pumps,
33.33% used tractors, 22.22% used generators/motors, 33.33% used power tillers.
Among household-based land holdings, only 3.12% of
household-based holdings used huller machins. Large farms had the advantage to adopt
moderm farm machinery.
(5) A comparatively larger percentage of special land holdings used agricultural
chemicals, 66.67% used inorganic fertilizers, and 55.56% used organic fertilizers.
The same is true with the use of pesticides and HYV seeds; 61.11% used pesticides and
55.56% used HYV seeds. As in the case of capital inputs, large farms benefited from the
use of new technical kown-how and modern methods of cultivation.
(6) 36.07% of land holdings used irrigation. Rivers, creeks and
canals were the important sources of irrigation;they provided irrigation to 84.86%
of household-based land holdings using irrigation systems.
(7) 79.41% of the total holding area were Paddy land, 8.17% were Kaing
land, and 5.94% were Ya land. Among special holdings, 41.77% of the holding area
were Taungya land.
(8) 71.73% of total productive area operated by houaehold-based land holdings,
and 72.63% by special land holdings were under fruits and nuts.
For household-based land holdings,the second most important crop sown was permanent crops other than industrial crops.
(9) 85.68% of all land holding used draught animals. Regarding cattle and
buffaloes, 56.57% of household-based land holdings owned cattle, and only 42.54% owned
buffaloes. The extensive use of animal power seemed to reflect that further efforts were needed to
modernize the existing mode of agricultural production.
(10) The average size of an agricultural holding was 4.64 acres. The average size
of an agricultural household was 6.About one in every 2 household-based holdings had other
sources of income. The average number of parcels per household-based land holding was 1.5
and the average size of a parcel was 3.12 acres. The average cultivation intensity
was found to be 0.97. The proportion of land left fallow was about 6.05% .
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