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LEA FARMING SYSTEMSFinal
LEA FARMING SYSTEMSFinal
LEA FARMING SYSTEMSFinal
AGRIPINA RANA-ARADILLA
Associate Professor IV
Agronomy & Plant Breeding
College of Agriculture, CMU
What is a farm?
FS is Participatory
FS is Process-oriented
Crop Centered FS
Livestock Centered FS (ruminants, non-
ruminants
Integrated Crop + Livestock FS
Integrated Crop + Aquaculture FS
Integrated Livestock + Aquaculture FS
TYPOLOGY OF FARMING SYSTEMS
6. Evolving Type of FS
7. Specialized FS
3) Weeds
4) Insects
5) Diseases
6) Nematodes
7) Crop Management – different species
planted together may require different
farm inputs, cultural practices, etc.
Types of Cropping System
Marketability
Family benefits
Environmental requirements of crops
Skills required
Stability of crops
Cost and risk of each crop
General considerations in sequential cropping
6. Tolerant to shade
7. Their phyllotaxies should permit the
penetration of light to the ground
8. Their phenology should be advantageous to
the growth of the annual crop in association
9. Their rate of litter fall and litter decomposition
should have positive effects upon the soil
Objectives of agroforestry
Increased productivity
Greater income
Improved cash flow
Fuller employment
Better diet for the farmer and his family
Spread of both biological and economic risk
Design Criteria for IF
B. LIVESTOCK-BASED FARMING
SYSTEMS
Pig-Fish
Chicken-Fish
Duck-Fish
Buffalo-Fish
MODELS OF THE DIFFERENT IFS
control
D. Crop Rotation (Sequential) and
Allelopathy
Advantages:
Increased yield
Better pest control
Maintenance of organic matter content in
the soil
Balanced utilization of nutrients in the soil
Better distribution of farm labor and less
economic risks
CROPPING PATTERN
A. Cropping Pattern in Irrigated Lowland
Rice Farming System
1. Rice-Rice Pattern
2. Rice & Upland Crops Sequential Cropping
Pattern with 2 approaches:
2.1 Rice-Upland Crops – crops after rice
2.1 Upland Crops-Rice – crops before rice
3. Rice-Rice-Upland Crop and upland Crop-
Rice-Upland Crop – fitted for areas with
evenly distributed rainfall the year round. It
makes use of early maturing varieties.
Land Equivalent Ratio (LER)
Formula of LER: