Integrated Farming Systems: A Review of Farmers Friendly Approaches

Sheikh, Md. Mohiuddin; Riar, T.S.; Pervez, A. K. M. Kanak

doi:10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i430564

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“…Farm income is slowly declining due to shrinking land holdings and continued non-integrated agriculture. Crops, dairy, fisheries, poultry, mushrooms, horticulture, sericulture, and other agricultural components must be integrated into a single farm unit to preserve farm income and also for sustainable agriculture (Pervez et al, 2021).…”

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A Sustainable Way for Integrated Farming System: A Case Study on Bellary District of Karnataka, India

Holachi¹,

Sathyanarayanaroa²,

Achar³

et al. 2023

World J Environ Biosci

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Sustainable development is a concept that strives to gain economic progress and to make developments in agriculture that stays for long without harming the environment. while conserving the soil biodiversity and environmental prolonged value. It also serves as a framework for integrating environmental regulations with development initiatives. Recently, there has been a pressing need to embrace greater sustainable farming methods, and a logical evaluation method is required to identify innovative management options. One kind of environmentally-friendly farming that has recently emerged is the integrated crop-livestock farming system. The importance of an integrated farm and livestock system for sustainable development, and the fact that integrated crop and livestock systems have been a foundation of agriculture for hundreds of years, imply a diverse range of integrated ecological, biophysical, and socioeconomic conditions. Sometimes it is difficult to maintain sustainable agriculture in dry areas like Bellary. Adopting an appropriate integrated agricultural system model is very important to achieve sustainability in lowland rice cultivation in the Tungabhadra project located in Karnataka. Continued rice cultivation and practice in the region have resulted in resource deprivation and condensed and decreased yields. The diminution of hereditary soil assets, the development of nuisance and pests scenarios like brown plant hopper, and the problem of weeds were also noticed.

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A Sustainable Way for Integrated Farming System: A Case Study on Bellary District of Karnataka, India

Holachi¹,

Sathyanarayanaroa²,

Achar³

et al. 2023

World J Environ Biosci

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“…According to Sheikh [16], IFS is the primary source of income for approximately 65% of rural populations who are reliant on agriculture. IFS is a holistic approach and considers interactions among the different component of IFS.…”

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“…Contracts between expert yield and domesticated animals, poultry makers for the exchange of compost and less significantly, the feed can be an instrument to build the appropriation pace of incorporated cultivating [17]. A rise in non-farm employment is also necessary to raise rural residents' incomes and living standards [16]. It is the integration of farm enterprises that a farming community assigns its resources to in order to maximise productivity and profitability of the farm through the effective utilization of available enterprises.…”

Section: Ifs In Livelihood Developmentmentioning

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Integrated Farming System: A Tool for Doubling Farmer’s Income

Mir

Naikoo

Amin

et al. 2022

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Integrated Farming System is a holistic approach in which different enterprises are utilized in a collaborative way, wherein the resources are managed efficiently so that waste output of one enterprise serves as the input for another. Due to an ever-increasing population, the arable land is becoming increasingly scarcer per person, leaving little room for horizontal agricultural expansion. There are 115 million working farms in India, with about 80% of them being small or marginal farmers. With Integrated Farming System, the living standards of these farmers can be enhanced by efficient utilization of different enterprises. The IFS is actually a mixed farming system wherein different enterprises like dairy, fish, poultry, and other beneficial enterprises give an enhanced returns with lower risks, which can intermediate the losses of crops in case of severe climatic conditions. Under IFS, various enterprises having lower dependency on severe weather circumstances, the farmer is comparatively on safer side as far as the adversities of crop losses are concerned There are many advantages to integrated farming systems (IFS), such as a more efficient use of farm resources and an eco-friendlier strategy to farming. As a system of crop and livestock farming, IFS consists of at least two distinct but logically interdependent parts. Water efficiency, weed and pest control, and soil health can all be improved with IFS. It also helps to maintain water quality. Chemical fertilisers, weed killers, and pesticides should be used sparingly in an integrated farming system in order to protect the environment from their harmful effects. Adopting an Integrated Farming System (IFS) ensures a stable and long-term source of farm income by integrating a number of businesses to make the most of the land's natural resources. IFS itself is important for sustainable development of farmer by improving yield, economic return, employment generation, nutritional security and livelihood.

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“…The integration is made in such a way that the byproduct/ waste of one component becomes input for other with a very high degree of complementary effect on each other (Lightfoot et al, 1993). Sheikh et al, (2021) revealed that IFS is the main source to the livelihood security of 65% rural masses in the world. Integrated farming system being holistic approach, considers interaction among the different components of farming system.…”

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Integrated Farming Systems; Current Status, Scope and Future Prospects under Indian Perspective

Singh¹,

Rani²,

Singh³

et al. 2022

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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Small and marginal farmers are core to the Indian rural economy, constituting 86.2 percent to the farming community and possessing 47.3 percent of the total operational land. To handle the challenges to the labour oriented country like India, where farmers are even not able to earn their livelihood as they pay for all their inputs to the market for seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, energy, feed labour etc. The evolution and adoption of situation specific IFS module has enabled us to develop a framework for sustenance and economically feasible farming operation comparable to large sized single entrepreneur holdings. Under IFS an interrelated set of agri-entrepreneurs compatible to particular agri-ecological situation are tested and adopted so that the waste/ by product of an entrepreneur becomes resource for other, which reduces cost, improves production, enhances environmental quality, farm employment and farm income. After the trails conducted by AICRP on IFS, it has been found that the farm profitability may be increased from 3 to 5 times as compared to traditional farming. Multi-component farming is the way of efficient resource recycling within the system with increased economic profitability, production, sustainability and preserving environmental quality and maintaining biodiversity, helps for efficient utilization of natural resources and also may be potential tool to combat flood and drought.

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Integrated Farming Systems: A Review of Farmers Friendly Approaches

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

A Sustainable Way for Integrated Farming System: A Case Study on Bellary District of Karnataka, India

A Sustainable Way for Integrated Farming System: A Case Study on Bellary District of Karnataka, India

Integrated Farming System: A Tool for Doubling Farmer’s Income

Integrated Farming Systems; Current Status, Scope and Future Prospects under Indian Perspective

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