INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEM-(AN SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO FARMING SYSTEM)

Definition of farming system.

“Farming system represent an appropriate combination of farm enterprises (cropping system horticulture, livestock, fishery, forestry, poultry) and the means available to the farmer to raise them for profitability. It interacts adequately with environment without dislocating the ecological and socioeconomic balance on one hand and attempts to meet the national goal on other “(Jayanti et al 2002)

TYPES OF FARMING SYSTEM

1.TRADITIONAL FARMING SYSTEM                        

2.SUBSISTENCE FARMING SYSTEM

3.SPECIALIZED FARMING SYSTEM                       

4 .INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEM  

5.ALTERNATIVE FARMING(  (ORGANIC FARMING , AGRO ECOLOGICAL FARMING SYSTEM   , BIO-INTENSIVE FARMING SYSYTEm,    BIO-DYNAMIC FARMING  PERMACULTURE)

Integrated farming system;

“It is a system which comprises of inter related enterprises with crop activity as a base will provide ways to recycle produces and waste of one enterprise becomes input for other another part of the system which reduces the cost and improves soil health and income.”

Concept of IFS:

·         An arrangement of recycle products or by product of one component as input to another linked component.

·         Reduction in production cost.

·         Increase in yield and cost of production per unit area.

·         Proper utilisation of family labour.

·         Increase in income of the farmer and the farm

ADVANTAGE OF IFS  

§  PRODUCTIVITY-increase in yield per unit area.
§  PROFITABILITY-bio product of one enterprise use an input for other.
§  SUSTAINABILITY-organic sustainability by proper utilisation of bi products.
§  ENVIROMENTAL SAFETY- recycling result in minimum environment population. 
§  INCOME- due to no. of enterprise running successively throughout the year.
§  ADOPTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY- as the net return is more farmers can adopt     new andimproved technology .
§  MEETING FODDER CRISIS-legume production on field borders relive the problems for non-     availability of fodder.
§  ENERGY SAVING-due to biogas. 
§  EMPLOYMENT GENERATION- lot of labour requirement is needed for IFS.as successive       enterprise runs throughout the year.
§  AGRO INDUSTRIES- commercial production lead to development of agro industries.
§  INCREASE INPUT EFFICIENCY- IFS provide good scope to use input in different component   with greater efficiency and high benefit cost ratio.

Component of IFS.

1.CROP HUSBANDARY- Practice of combining agricultural crops or animal husbandry with the maintenance and cultivation of trees on the same patch of land.

2.LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION- Livestock farming is simply the management and breeding of domestic, livestock or farm animals for the purpose of obtaining their meat and products (milk, eggs, leather, etc.)

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3.AQUACULTURE- the rearing of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food.

4.APICULTURE.- can be better define as the art of rearing, breeding and managing honey bee colony

in artificial hives for economic gains through the production of honey 


5.SERICULTURE- the production of silk and the rearing of silkworms for this purpose.


  

 6.MUSHROOM CULTIVATION-. Growing of different species of mushroom for commercial purpose.

  7. Agroforestry- is the interaction of agriculture and trees, including the agricultural use of trees

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