A Presentation on Integrated Farming System In India

Presented By Abhijit Mohanty MBA (RM) 3rd Sem

 What is Sustainable Agriculture ?

Sustainable Agriculture involves farming systems that are environmentally sound, profitable, productive, and compatible with socio-economic conditions Sustainable Agriculture: Goal The major goals of this approach are thus to develop economically viable agro-ecosystems and to enhance the quality of the environment, so that farmlands will remain productive indefinitely.

To conserve natural resource base To protect the environment To enhance prosperity for a longer period of time Sustaining house-hold food security of the farmers

 Advantages of Sustainable Agriculture:

o Contributes to environmental conservation.

o Prevents pollution: When sustainable farming is carried the waste so produced remains inside the farming ecosystem. Thus it cannot in any way cause pollution or build-up in the external environment. o Reduction in cost: Sustainable agriculture minimizes the use and cost of purchasing fossil fuel and reduces the transportation costs. This helps in reducing the overall cost involved I the process of farming.

o Biodiversity: Sustainable agriculture results in biodiversity as the farms produce different kinds of animals and plants. Plants are seasonally rotated about the fields, which results in enriched soil, prevention of diseases and outbreaks of pests.
o Beneficial for animals: Animals are cared for, treated humanely and with respect. All animals living in the farm are facilitated to exhibit their natural behaviours like grazing, pecking or, rooting. This helps them to grow in a natural way.

o Economically beneficial for farmers. When engage themselves into sustainable agriculture they receive a fair wage for their effort. As a result their dependence on government subsidies is reduced, thereby strengthening the rural communities.

o Social equality. When sustainable agriculture is practiced workers are offered competitive salaries and benefits. They are treated with humanity; provided with safe work environment, food and proper living conditions.
o Beneficial for environment. Sustainable agriculture decreases the use of non-renewable environmental resources and is thus quite beneficial for the environment. o This special type of agriculture and farming technique makes utmost use of the environment and that too without causing any harm to it. Products obtained do not contain any inorganic chemicals like insecticides and pesticides. All these factors make sustainable agriculture a preferred choice of farmers all over the world.

 What is Integrated Farming System ?

Integration of two or more appropriate combination of enterprises like crop, dairy, piggery, fishery, poultry, bee keeping etc, for each farm according to the availability of resources to sustain and satisfy the necessities of the farmer. The Integrated Farming System (IFS) has revolutionized Conventional Farming of Livestock, Aquaculture, Horticulture, Agro-Industry and Allied activities in some countries, especially in tropical and subtropical regions that are not arid. Farming all over the world is not very performing unless relatively big inputs are added to sustain yields and very often compromise the economic viability as well as the ecological sustainability. IFS can turn all those existing disastrous farming systems, especially in the poorest countries, into economically viable and ecologically balanced systems that will not only alleviate poverty, but can even eradicate this source completely.

Integrated Farming In Low Land

Integrated Farming In Up Land

 Advantages of Integrated Farming System

Increase productivity & profitability Ensure food & nutritional security Provide a cleaner & pollution free environment Impart sustainability to the ecosystem

Recycle un-utilised resources efficiently

Enhance employment opportunities

 Generate income round the year

Adopt innovative technology Solve energy & fodder crisis Avoid deforestation Enhance opportunities for agriculture based industries

Improved standard of living of the farm families in spheres of food, clothing, shelter,health & education.

 Why Integrated Farming System ?

Shrinkage in area under cropping: Area under cropping is decreasing day by day to urbanization, industrialization, population, construction of buildings & highways. As a result there is sharp declining in the per capital carrying capacity of the land. The population of India is expected to increase to 137 & 166 crores, respectively, in 2030 & 2050 AD, while the cultivable land will decline to 141.3 & 131.3 million. Small & Fragmented holding: The average holding of a farm in India has been declining & over 80% of operational holdings are below the size of 1.0 hct. In Odisha, 82% of the farmers are considered small & marginal with an average holding size of 0.8 hct.

 Seasonal nature of income & employment & out-migration: Cropping activities in rain fed areas areas are restricted to four months in rainy season. Employment opportunities are scarce in other seasons. This leads to large-scale migration of male farmers to cities in search of work. Round the year employment opportunities should be there to check out-migration from rural areas.
Deterioration of resource base: The ultimate goal of sustainable agriculture is to conserve of human population over a longer period. This can be achieved by seeking the optimal use of internal production inputs in a way that provide acceptable levels of sustainable crop productivity & livestock production resulting in economically profitable return.

 Household requirement: A country or state is said to achieve complete food & nutritional security if each & every person is able to consume a minimum quantum & quality of various food ingredients i.e adequate & balanced diet on a regular basis, minimum education. Other requirements include timber system approach is essential for meeting all these diverse needs from limited land holdings of small & marginal farmer.

 Core Characteristic of Integrated Farmer System:

It is holistic It is problem solving It envisages location specific technology solution It is farmer-participatory It recognizes Indigenous Technology Knowledge (ITK) It adopts Bottom up approach It is interdisciplinary It emphasizes extensive On-farm activities It is gender sensitive It recognizes interdependencies among multiple clients It focuses on actual adoption

 Components of IFS(Integrated farming system): Water source (pond, ditch,well) Fence (low cost live fencing) Field crops Agri-horti system/multi storied cropping Olericulture: Olericulture is the science of vegetable growing, dealing with the culture of non-woody (herbaceous )plants for food. Olericulture deals with the production, storage, processing and marketing of vegetables. It encompasses crop establishment, including cultivar selection, seedbed preparation and establishment of vegetable crops by seed and transplants. Animals & shed Farm house Miscellaneous-apiary, pisciculture, poultry, vermiculture, mushroom production

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