(1) 529,136 acres in Mon State were distributed among 69,316 holdings,
93.19% of total holding area were household-based land holdings. The majority of
these household-based land holdings 45.83% were small farms under 5 acres in size,
and only very few 102 or 0.16% were large farms extending over 50 acres. Among special
land holdings, 71.70% were 50 acres 50 acres and above in size.
(2) 87.55% of holder were males, and only 12.45% were females. 83.04% of
all holders had formal schooling indicating their capability to adopt improved techiques
of production and to be responsive to effective extension services. 75.79% of holders
worked permanently on holdings. 50.78% of land holders had other sources of income.
(3) 54.53% of all holdings employed paid workers, 51.77% employed occasional
workers, and only 26.12% 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 2 times greater than that of the permanent workers.
Special holdings however employed a comparatively larger percetage of hired
labour, paid workers (86.79%),permanent workes (69.81%) and occasional workers (84.91%).
(4) A larger percentage of special land holdings used machinery and equipment
than did household-based holdings. 50.94% of special land holdings used water pumps,
28.30% used tractors, 22.64% used generators/motors, 13.21% used power tillers, and
13.21% used other farm machinery. Among household-based land holdings, only 37.38% of
household-based holdings used huller machines. Large farms had the advantage to adopt
moderm farm machinery.
(5) A comparatively larger percentage of special land holdings used agricultural
chemicals, 94.34% used inorganic fertilizers, and 81.13% used organic fertilizers.
The same is true with the used inorganic fertilizers, and 81.13% used organic fertilizers.
The same is true with the use of pesticides and HYV seeds; 52.83% used pesticides and
56.60% used HYV seeds. As in the case of capital inputs, large farms benefitted from the
use of new technical kown-how and modern methods of cultivation.
(6) 7.30% of land holdings used irrigation. Own wells, river, creeks and
canals were the important sources of irrigation; they provided irrigation to 92.08%
of household-based land holdings.
(7) 80.70% of the total holding area were paddy land, 8.25% were rubber
land, and 7.62% were garden land. Among special holdings, 8.23% of the holding area
was paddy land.
(8) 56.94% of total productive area operated by household-based land holdings,
and 69.00% by special were under permanent industrial crops. For special land holdings, the second
most important crop sown was fruits and nuts.
38.39% of household-based land holdings, and 47.37% of special holdings
grew fruits and nuts.
(9) 77.32% of all land holding used draught animals. Regarding cattle and
buffaloes, 66.16% of household-based land holdings owned cattle, and only 9.32% 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 7.55 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 2,
and the average size of a parcel was 4.96 acres. The average cultivation intensity
was found to be 1.03. The proportion of land left fallow was about 0.03.
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