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SUMMARY :Economic development of the country like India depends upon the development of the farmers. Several emerging challenges confront Indian farmers. These include limited land and water availability, which is further exacerbated by degradation of natural resources; climate changes; changes in demand and consumption patterns, moving toward high-value agriculture; increasing population pressure and liberalization of trade (Lele et al., 2010). The most effective way of sustainable development of the target group is implementation of the schemes in a proper manner. Agricultural researchers widely recognise the importance of sustainable agricultural production systems and the need to develop appropriate methods to measure sustainability (Casare et al., 2003). Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is an innovative science-based institution, which undertakes vocational trainings of farmers, farm women and rural youths, conducts on-farm research for technology refinement and frontline demonstrations to promptly demonstrate the latest agricultural technologies to the farmers as well as the extension workers (ICAR, 1999). Integrated farming is today's emerging need for economic development of the farmers. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kota of the Rajasthan district imparts trainings and making farmers and farm women efficient in integrated farming. Therefore, conducting vocational trainings on different aspects like processing and value addition of food products, fruits and vegetables preservation, establishment of vermin compost unit, handicrafts, nursery management, bee keeping, garment construction and designing and fish production etc. The impact of trainings conducted were judged in the year 2013-14 according to the performance and earnings of the farmers. Out of 6000 efficient farmers of the district 2320 have started adopting integrated farming viz., crop production with processing, horticulture, dairy etc. Data revealed that rural communities were deeply motivated through the agriculture technologies transferred during all the trainings and they have started integrated farming to improve their economic status. Majority of farmers and farm women were found engaged in processing of food products through its grading, splitting, polishing and different products like squash, pickle, powder, jam, murabba, soya paneer, soya milk, and soya nuts. Value addition of food products along with preservation of fruits AND vegetable were started by 82 % of women farmers resulted in good earning. Similarly 79 % of farmers started dairy with vermi compost unit. Progressive farmers of them established orchard of of Amla, guava, mango, papaya and orange with dairy, poultry farm, nursery and beekeeping unit together. Marginal farmers were found highly interested to develop herbal garden/ medicinal plant with its processing and ornamental plant cultivation with beekeeping.How to cite this article : Tiwari, Mamta and Sanadya, Gunjan (2017). Integrated farming for sustainable development. Agric. Update, 12(4): 601-604;

India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world. The total production of fruits and vegetables is 81.285 and 162.186 million tonnes, respectively during 2012-2013. India's 70 per cent of population are engaged only in production activities of Agriculture, we need more and more entities and systems to add value. Along with this minor fruits up gradation is also very much require through value addition for nutrition up-liftment among people as well as economic benefit to family. In doing so, we need to look at food wastages and their prevention, improvement in value addition of horticultural produces through adoptable processes, harnessing untapped food resources, utilizing by-products and assuring food quality and safety. All these have to be interlinked with extension of shelf life, which is also value addition. Though India is producing various kinds of major and minor fruits but hardly 2.2 per cent of the production is commercially processed whereas more than 50 per cent of the produce is processed in developed countries (Rasul, 2001). However, the level of processing in the major fruit producing countries are Brazil-70 per cent, USA-60-70 per cent, Malaysia-83 per cent and Israel-50 per cent. International trade in processed fruit products is around US $ 9200 million. The present study was conducted with the aim to increase the use of minor agro produce in processing and to reduce the waste, in which minor fruit Jams, Jally, Murabba, Candy products were formulated incorporating fruit pulp. Prepared five different products subjected to two groups and their organoleptic attributes were assessed. Nine (9) point Hedonic rating scale was used for organoleptic analysis of minor fruit products. Each group had 30 panel members. Results revealed that various organoleptic attributes, i.e. app., colour, taste, flavour, consistency and overall acceptability of all six jams obtained >7 hedonic scores by both groups indicating that the jams were liked moderately to very much by them. The taste, flavour and acceptability of these jams and murabba were very good. These jams were acceptable among both the study groups. Thus, it can be concluded that these products can be used as spreads and one can consume them with bread, chapati or parantha and refresh himself/ herself with the tasty and tangy flavours of fresh fruits. How to cite this article : Tiwari, Mamta and Sanadya, Gunjan (2018). Agro-based minor fruits value addition for up-gradation by quality assessment and acceptance through hedonic scores of organoleptic attributes. Agric.