A STUDY ON EFFECTIVE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR

IMPLEMENTING THE HYDROPONICS METHOD OF AGRICULTURE IN

REFERENCE TO THE RAIGADH REGION

Mr. Soumya Subhash Bhawadkar

TYBMS
CKTACS College New Panvel
Soumyabhawadkar@gmail.com
Mr. Sagnik Shyamal Kumar Chatterjee
TYBMS
CKTACS College New Panvel
Sagnikc104@gmail.com

ABSTRACT:

Hydroponics, asoil-less civilization system, offers a sustainable and effective approach to

husbandry, especially in regions like Raigadh with implicit water failure and land constraints.
This study aims to probe effective resource operation ways to optimize hydroponic systems in
Raigadh. By assaying factors similar as water quality, nutrient results, lighting, Temperature, and
moisture control, the exploration seeks to identify stylish practices for maximizing crop yield and
quality. likewise, given the high rate of planter self-murders in Maharashtra, particularly in
regions like Vidharba and Marathwada. this study will examine the eventuality of hydroponics to
palliate agrarian torture and give a more stable income source for farmers.The study supports
quantitative & collaborative exploration & analysis on problems through the traditional styles of
husbandry.

Keywords husbandry, Sustainable, Hydroponics, Traditional styles, Resource Management

ways)

INTRODUCTION:

The statistics and data shows, a aggregate of 2851 growers committed self-murder in 2023 in
Maharashtra. The figures are disturbing and concerning. As of July of 2024, an aggregate of
1267 growers have formerly taken their lives. A significant portion of this strata still practices
traditional husbandry system (further than 90) which is disastrous in results and depends upon
external factors, which are primitive and set to fail. As the global population are shifting towards
urbanization, so shall we. Hydroponics is a system of growing shops in a nutrient-rich water
result, without the use of soil. shops are cultivated in an artificial terrain, frequently outdoors,
where factors like light, temperature, and moisture can be precisely controlled.

LITERATURE REVIEW

Chhail Bihari, Maneesh Kumar, Amit Kumar, Sajeel Ahmad( 2023) has studied “ Soilless
culture, a ultramodern hothouse civilization technology, has fleetly developed in the once 30- 40
times and offers a unrestricted- circle system with several benefits, including the recycling of 85-
90 percent of irrigation water. As the world population continues to grow at a rate of over 1, the
reduction in land vacuity per capita for soil- grounded husbandry has come a major problem,
particularly in countries like India with a high population viscosity. Soilless husbandry offers a
feasible volition for growing high- quality vegetables, fruits, and flowers time- round on a
variety of substrates, taking limited space. This approach also aims to annihilate hothouse soil-
related problems similar as soil- borne infections, poor soil fertility, and saltness. With several
advantages over traditional soil crops, including shorter growth times, time- round product, and
smaller conditions and pests, soilless husbandry comprises colorful styles similar as hydroponics,
aeroponics, and aquaponics. The fashion has the implicit to ameliorate people's lives and boost
profitable growth by encouraging innovative businesses to engage in husbandry. thus, soilless
husbandry has gained traction as an innovative result to address land failure issues while
producing high- quality crops sustainably. ”

Deblina Roy( 2022) has studied “ currently, hydroponic husbandry is veritably trendy because it
gives us organic products. This can be veritably helpful in areas where water is scarce. In
addition, the water can be reused to grow shops. The shops attained from this fashion are rich in
nutrients and free from poisons. preface The word" Hydroponics" is deduced from the words"
hydros" meaning water and" ponos" meaning hard work or work. This is an agrarian fashion
where crops are grown in a nutrient result fully without soil. Soilless husbandry can be defined
as growing of shops in a controlled terrain in different medium other than nutrient rich soil.
Hydroponics is always a soilless system of growing, but not all soilless husbandry styles are
hydroponic styles of growing shops." Hydroponics" is growing shops without soil. The term
soilless husbandry includes all types of soilless growing technology. With soilless growing, the
factory is grown in an inert medium, where the factory receives nothing from the medium. shops
get only what you give them and nothing differently. Have full control over pH, nutrient content,
and nutrient strength. Hydroponic ways are used to identify insufficiency symptoms of colorful
nutrients in shops and to find out which nutrients are essential for factory growth and
development ”
Samikhya Jena, Shyalaja Gangam, Shoiab Adnon, Nagaraju( 2024) showcases “ The adding
global population, combined with urbanization and the rapid-fire decline of pastoralist land,
necessitates innovative agrarian ways to insure food security. Hydroponics, asoil-less civilization
fashion, has surfaced as a sustainable, effective, and productive husbandry system. This system
enables the civilization of high- quality crops in controlled surroundings, offering advantages
similar as reduced resource operation, enhanced yield, and minimized environmental impact.
This review explores the principles of hydroponics, its structural groups, circulating styles,
system conditions, and the variety of crops suitable for this system. It also highlights the
eventuality of hydroponics in addressing unborn agrarian challenges, emphasizing its part in
sustainable and effective husbandry. ”

Kerela Agricultural University (2024) conducted a exploration on “ The global shift towards
urbanization, with 55 of the population abiding in civic areas and an awaited rise to 68 by 2050,
presents challenges to traditional husbandry. The adding world population, further intensifies the
strain on available agrarian land due to civic expansion. Climate change combines with these
issues, make conventional civilization more grueling . Indispensable agrarian practices, similar
as hydroponics, gain significance in addressing these enterprises. sweet and spices have been
used for centuries for their medicinal and culinary parcels. They contain colorful essential
canvases , flavonoids, and other phytochemicals responsible for their distinctive flavour and
aroma, as well as their health benefits. The rising global demand for natural products from
sauces and spices has led to its request growth. Hydroponics, a technology for cultivating shops
in nutrient results with or without an artificial medium similar as beach, clay, vermiculite,
rockwool, peat moss, coir or sawdust, offers a promising result. This paper explores the
eventuality of hydroponic civilization for planting material product, enhancing the yield,
nutritive composition, essential oil painting content and medicinal parcels of colorful spice and
sweet crops, including black pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander, mint, celery, fenugreek, parsley,
thyme, rosemary, green mustard, basil and others. The main challenges in hydroponic production
of these crops include high initial investment, precise monitoring and lack of technical
knowledge. Hence by reviewing recent literature, this paper aims to provide insights into the
classification of hydroponics and its different techniques, benefits and challenges of hydroponic
cultivation, various growing media and nutrient solutions used, types of hydroponics utilized and
their purposes in the production of diverse herbs and spices. Embracing hydroponic techniques
could contribute to sustainable agricultural practices, particularly in urbanized environments
where traditional farming faces constraints.
 Research Gap: - The literature review described that the current literature on Impact of traditional
agriculture and modern day demands for adaptiveness to hydroponics and aeroponics. which
leaves scope for a lot of practical and imperative study.

AIM

To introduce better management techniques to execute and develop reliability on modern day
agricultural methods. AIM To adopt Hydroponics as a method and boost the procurement yield
of farmers and relief them from burdens of unguaranteed debts, external factors which may
effect their socioeconomic conditions.

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

1. To investigate the influence of hydroponics and technical data on enhancing the

performance of agricultural yield To study the socio-economic profile of the Adolescent
students
2. To compare the statistics and verdict the better agricultural method in the growing era of
urbanization.

HYPOTHESIS

1. H01: - Hydroponics method significantly affect the agricultural yield, debt structuring,
and socio economic life of the farmers.

H11: - Hydroponics method does not significantly affect the agricultural yield, debt
structuring, and socio economic life of the farmers.

2. H02:- Hydroponics is better and can be adopted by the majority of the farmers of India.

H12: - Hydroponics is not better and cannot be adopted by the majority of the farmers of
India

VERTICAL & SPECIFICS

• Farmers and financially troubled farmers

• Hydroponics V/S Traditional method of agriculture
• Hydroponics methods

NEED & SIGNIFICANCE

Hydroponics, a soil-less cultivation method, offers a sustainable and efficient approach to
agriculture. It reduces water usage, minimizes land requirements, and enables year-round
production. By precisely controlling nutrient delivery, hydroponics produces high-quality,
nutrient-rich crops. This method is particularly beneficial in urban areas, addressing food
security concerns and reducing reliance on traditional agriculture. Additionally, hydroponics
promotes sustainable practices by minimizing the use of pesticides and herbicides. Hydroponics
offers a sustainable and efficient alternative to traditional farming. It reduces water usage,
minimizes land requirements, and enables year-round production. By providing a more
controlled and profitable farming method, hydroponics can help address issues like farmer
suicides, particularly in regions like Maharashtra. This technique can contribute to food security,
economic growth, and environmental sustainability.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Research Design: -

This study will employ a mixed-methods approach, combining both quantitative and qualitative
methods to gain a comprehensive understanding of the impact of the method on socio economic
health of farmers, the research suggests few management techniques for the better application for
the hydroponics techniques on the basis of relationship management of the institution and
individual, cost effectiveness, and crops yield.

Primary Data: The final study's data was based on a sample survey in the Raigadh Region

Secondary Data: The secondary data was based on a review of the academic research paper on
technical data on academic performance of the traditional method, online and Research Paper
accesses through Google Scholar etc.

Sampling Design: Sampling design includes the sample population, sampling technique, sample
size, and sampling method Sample size is 317 Sampling method is Simple Random Sample
Sampling Technique

AREA ANALYSIS
 SR. PARTICULAR’S OF NO. OF RESPONDENTS
NO. THE Region
1 Panvel 129
2 PEN 48
3 Karjat 68
4 Navi Mumbai 39
5 Khopoli 19
6 Mahad 14

GENDER ANALYSIS

GENDER FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

MALE 132 41.64%

FEMALE 185 59.36%

TOTAL 317 100%

DO YOU BELIEVE THE PROFESSION OF AGRICULTURE IS IMMENSELY UNDERPAID?

INDEX FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

YES 265 83.60%

NO 52 17.40%

TOTAL 317 100%

 ARE YOU SATISFIED IN RECENT SURGES OF PRICES AND GOODS?

INDEX FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

YES 27 8.52%

NO 290 91.48%

TOTAL 317 100%

WHAT ARE THE REASONS BEHIND THE RISING SUICIDES OF FARMERS IN

MAHARASHTRA?

INDEX FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

TAXATION 71 22.36%

SUBSIDIES 22 6.93%

DEBT 177 55.84%

LOW MSP 47 14.83%

TOTAL 317 100%

DO YOU THINK HYDROPONICS IS A VIABLE AGRICULTURE METHOD FOR RAIGADH?

INDEX FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

YES 127 42.07%

NO 190 58.33%

TOTAL 317 100%

ARE YOU SATISFIED BY YOUR CROP YEILD THROUGH TRADITIONAL FARMING?

INDEX FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

YES 78 29.27%

NO 239 70.73%

TOTAL 317 100%

DO YOU THINK THERE IS NEED FOR MORE EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON

HYDROPONICS IN RAIGADH?

INDEX FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

YES 305 97.56%

NO 12 2.44%

TOTAL 317 100%

DO YOU BELIEVE THE FARMERS WILL ADAPT TO THIS METHOD IF PROMPTED TO

THEM DILIGENTLY?

INDEX FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

YES 186.08 68.70%

NO 99.2 31.30%

TOTAL 317 100%

FINDINGS OF THE STUDY

The survey uncovers that 78.61 % of respondence bolster through MSP’s. They are distant as
well subordinate outside variables and are less taught. the consider uncovers that more than 87%
of person need specialized information and are distant as well dependent on outside parties for
their development, or maybe being self-reliant. in spite of the fact that, they are fulfilled of the
comes about of hydroponics.

The think about uncovers that the ranchers of the Raigadh locale or the retailers are willing to
coordinate or prepared to actualize the hydroponics strategy of cultivating, if given the right help.
Speculation appearing confirmation of positive suggestion of assets and basic impact the socio-
economic wellbeing of agriculturists.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

INSTITUTION & The Personal ADMINISTRATION

Participatory choice making — Jean Rousseau and Stuart Process.

This administration procedure includes effectively counting ranchers and agrarian staff in the
choice making forms that influence their lives and jobs. By giving them a voice and a stake in
the prepare, governments can construct believe, progress approach adequacy, and cultivate a
sense of possession among partners.

Countries with effective execution — Brazil and The Netherlands.

By embracing participatory decision-making, governments can make a more impartial and

economical rural segment that benefits both ranchers and society as a entirety.
 RECOMMENDATIONS:

COST MANAGEMENT

• Precision agriculture:— Utilizing technology to optimize resource use, such as GPS

guided tractors and drones for monitoring crops. An efficient solution for better yield and
external threats to the crops.
• Countries with successful implementation — Israel, The USA, China.
• Crop rotation:— Alternating crops to improve soil health and reduce pest and disease
pressure. Regular soil testing and bio planning are some of the patterns that these
countries follow.
• Countries with successful implementation — The Netherlands and Denmark.
• Cooperative farming— is a system where farmers work together to share resources,
knowledge, and labor to achieve common objectives in agricultural production.
• This collaborative approach is based on the principles of mutual support, shared decision-
making, and collective ownership of assets, such as land, machinery, and infrastructure.

CONCLUSION

This research underscores the potential of hydroponic cultivation in Raigad district, Maharashtra.
By surveying 317 farmers, we determined that a strategic blend of modern management
techniques and a specific bio-fertilizer can significantly enhance crop yields, reduce costs, and
minimize external dependencies. Key differences between traditional and hydroponic farming
include water usage, land requirement, pest and disease control, and yearround production.
Hydroponics offers a sustainable and efficient solution, enabling Raigad to enhance food
security, improve rural livelihoods, and promote environmental conservation. It will surely
eliminate the rising risk of individual suicide and support the plethora of efforts articulating to
agriculture. In conclusion, hydroponics is a viable system that Indians, in specificity Maharashtra
and Raigadh needs to shift from the old lethargic traditional methods

REFERENCES:-
Chhail Bihari, Maneesh Kumar, Amit Kumar, Sajeel Ahmad( 2023) :- Innovation soiless cultural
techniques for hydroponics

Kerela Agricultural University (2024) :- Hydroponics cultivation of spices and aromatics,

techniques, benefits, & challenges.

Deblina Roy (2022) :- Hydroponics soiless farming techniques.

Samikhya Jena, Shyalaja Gangam, Shoiab Adnon, Nagaraju( 2024) Hydroponics in vegetable
crops.