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At present, the farmers concentrate mainly on crop production which is subjected to a high degree of uncertainty in income and employment to the farmers. In this contest, it is imperative to evolve suitable strategy for augmenting the income of a farm.
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INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEM
- V. Swathi (RC/11-49)B.Sc.,(Commercial Agriculture and Business management)
College of Agriculture , RajendranagarProf. Jaishankar Telangana State Agriculture University
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Introduction
“Farming system” designates a set of agricultural activities
organized while preserving land productivity,
environmental quality and maintaining desirable level of
biological diversity and ecological stability. (Lal and Millar
1990)
Farming system consist of several enterprises like Cropping system, Dairying,
Piggery, Poultry, Fishery, Bee keeping etc. these enterprises are interrelated.
The end product and wastes of one enterprise are used as inputs in others
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Objectives
To identify existing farming systems in specific areas and
access their relative viability
To formulate farming system. Model involving main and
allied enterprises for different farming situations
To ensure optional utilization and conservation of available
resources and effective recycling of farm residues within
system
To maintain sustainable production system without damaging
resources/environment
To rise over all profitability of farmhouse hold by
complementing main/allied enterprises with other
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Factors Affecting IFS
Soil and climatic features of the selected area
Availability of the resources, land, labour & capital
Present level of utilization of resources
Economics of proposed integrated farming system
Managerial skill of farmer
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Components of Farming System
• In the integrated farming system, it is always emphasized to
combine cropping with other enterprises/ activities, many
enterprises are available and these includes cattle maintenance
sheep or goat rearing, poultry, piggery, rabbit rearing, bee keeping
etc. Any one or more can be combined with the cropping.
BuffaloesSheep rearingGoat rearing
Contd…
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Cattle Poultry Duck rearing Turkey rearing Piggery Rabbit rearing Bee keeping Sericulture Mushroom cultivation Biogas plant•
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Integration of Enterprises
Farming System Under Lowland: Common cropping system
in agro climatic condition of south India are following:• Maize, Groundnut, Sesamum, Rice – Fish – Poultry culture Upland Irrigated Farming Systems: Additional income can be
generated by enterprises like Dairy , Biogas and Silvi culture to the usual cropping systems.
Rainfed Farming Systems: Agronomic practices of conservation, tillage and mulch farming, rotational cropping use of legumes and cover crops for improving soil fertility and suppressing weeds and efficient use of cattle manure are some of the components of sustainable farming systems.
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Advantages of Integrated Farming System
Productivity Profitability Potentiality or Sustainability Balanced Food Environmental Safety Recycling Income Rounds the year Meeting Fodder crisis Solving Fuel and Timber Crisis Employment Generation Agro – industries Increasing Input Efficiency
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Conclusion
Integrated farming system seems to be the answer to the problems of increasing food production , for increasing income and for improving nutrition of the small scale farmers with limited resources without any adverse effect on environment and agro- eco-system
