Ecosystem services from smallholder dairy based integrated farming system vis-a-vis double cropping

Palsaniya, D. R.; Kumar, Sunil; Das, M. M.; Kumar, T. Kiran; Chaudhary, Manoj; Chand, Khem; Rai, S.K.; Ahmed, Akram; Sahay, C. S.

doi:10.1080/21683565.2022.2108192

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“…Moreover, higher system productivity, profitability, and employment generation in IFS farms ensure food and nutrition security and further approaches to the upliftment of farmers' livelihood by increasing agricultural output, providing diversified and nutritious food opportunities, and promoting investment and innovation in the food sector. Palsaniya et al (2022) stated that the adoption of the IFS approach results in higher system profitability, profitability, and employment generation with assured livelihood and nutritional security.…”

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“…Intensified agriculture has resulted in creating imbalances in agroecosystems by causing soil degradation, water depletion, loss of biodiversity, and increased dependency on chemical inputs posing a threat to sustainability (Sheng et al., 2018). To address these emerging issues, there is a need for problem‐solving production approaches that not only ensure a continuous supply of various commodities to a family/nation but also recycle the wastes, maintaining an ecological balance and sustaining the resources for the future generation (Palsaniya et al., 2022; Patel et al., 2019). In this regard, an IFS is an eco‐friendly approach that is a suitable combination of farm enterprises allocated systematically in the farm which perform synergistically among themselves and the produce available to the farmer is utilized by the family for their food and nutritional security to sustain their livelihood (Kumar et al., 2018).…”

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“…Palsaniya et al. (2022) stated that the adoption of the IFS approach results in higher system profitability, profitability, and employment generation with assured livelihood and nutritional security.…”

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“…The basic aim of IFS is to derive a set of resource development and utilization practices, which lead to a substantial and sustained increase in agricultural production (Kumar & Jain, 2005) as it involves the integration of various components (crops, trees, livestock, fishery, etc.) in a systematic way and can meet the potential diverse needs of farm families, including food, fodder, fruits, fiber, fuel, and small timber, thereby offering a holistic solution (Palsaniya et al., 2022). The different components that can be introduced in the farming system are depicted in Figure 4.…”

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The integrated farming system (IFS) is a holistic farming approach specially designed for small/marginal farmers to enhance the system productivity, profitability, and employment generation of their farm, ultimately ensuring their food and nutrition security for their livelihood. The mechanism of IFS offers various ecosystem services making farms environment‐friendly, sustainable, and climate‐resilient. IFS is characterized by the allocation of different agricultural components systematically in a single farm performing synergistically among themselves making the farm more productive, healthy, biodiversity enriched, and eco‐friendly than simplified farms. Therefore, this review paper represents an extensive analysis of existing literature on IFS exploring its concept, components, and need, and emphasizing its potential for higher system productivity, profitability, and employment generation in a sustainable manner. Moreover, it develops a conceptualization of the relationship among different agricultural components in a single farm exploring its role in ecosystem services (reducing greenhouse gases, carbon sequestration, nutrient recycling, improving soil health, and biodiversity conservation).

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Rain water harvesting, agroforestry and goat based intensification for livelihood resilience in drought prone rainfed smallholder farming system: a case for semi-arid tropics

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Rainfed areas are the home of millions of resource poor farmers whose livelihood is under continuous threat due to frequent droughts. Assuring double cropping and imparting livelihood resilience to rainfed small holders is a challenge. A study was planned in this direction during 2013-2021 for livelihood resilience and sustainable intensi cation of rainfed small holder farming systems through rain water harvesting and agroforestry based interventions. The one hectare rainfed farming system model comprising of rain water harvesting farm pond (25 m x 20 m x 2.5 m), less water requiring food crops (groundnut-barley and sorghum-chickpea), agrihorticulture [Ziziphus mauritiana+(Sesamum indicum-Cicer arietinum)], silvipasture (Leucaena leucocephala + Tri-species hybrid grass + Stylosanthes hamata) and boundary plantation (Leucaena leucocephala and Opuntia cus-indica) was evaluated at on-station as well as promoted on-farm. The goat rearing potential of the above model was also estimated under intensive and semi-intensive systems.The on-station rainfed farming system module produced 4979 kg ha − 1 barley equivalent yield consisting of multiple products like barley, chickpea, groundnut, Indian jujube fruits, sesame, fodder (sorghum, TSH, Stylosanthes, Leucaena dried leaf meal and spine-less fodder cactus cladodes) and Grewia fruits and resulted in 709 US$ year − 1 net returns with a bene t cost ratio of 2.1. The carrying capacity of the above model was found to be 9 and 35 goat year − 1 under intensive and semi-intensive rearing systems, respectively. The net returns increased by 26 and 89% with the inclusion of goat under intensive (US$ 892) and semi-intensive rearing system (US$ 1340), respectively in the rainfed farming system model. It was evident from the study that inclusion of goat, agroforestry and farm pond for rain water harvesting in the rainfed farming have resulted in higher pro tability and resilience to less rainfall and its aberrations. Contrarily, the on-farm observations revealed that farmers could not take winter season crops without rain water harvesting. The rain water harvesting proved to be the key for reducing chances of crop failures due to droughts, ensuring double cropping (cropping intensity up to 200%) and sustainable intensi cation in rainfed areas. It can be concluded from the present study that intervention of water harvesting, agroforestry and goat in rainfed farming systems could enhance the farm productivity and pro tability and impart resilience to the livelihood of rainfed farmers in semi-arid tropics.

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Ecosystem services from smallholder dairy based integrated farming system vis-a-vis double cropping

Cited by 7 publications

References 38 publications

The integrated farming system is an environmentally friendly and cost‐effective approach to the sustainability of agri‐food systems in the modern era of the changing climate: A comprehensive review

The integrated farming system is an environmentally friendly and cost‐effective approach to the sustainability of agri‐food systems in the modern era of the changing climate: A comprehensive review

Rain water harvesting, agroforestry and goat based intensification for livelihood resilience in drought prone rainfed smallholder farming system: a case for semi-arid tropics

Ecosystem services from rain water harvesting, agroforestry and livestock based smallholder rain-fed integrated farming system

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