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This volume on Integrated Farming Systems explains the diverse components that can be included in the agriculture sector. It is a practical guide to increasing a farm's productivity, profitability, and sustainability. The use of integrated farming systems has become essential with the growing population and the decreased availability of land resulting in the need to optimize the existing resources. By combining different farm enterprises like dairy, poultry, and fishery, farmers can achieve vertical expansion and increase their income and employment opportunities.
This comprehensive guide covers all aspects of integrated farming systems, from the different components that can be included to the benefits of recycling crop residues and the by-products within the farm. With practical advice for small and marginal farmers, this book offers a roadmap for improving productivity and ensuring balanced nutrition for farm families.
The book is suitable for a vast audience, from afarmer looking to increase profits and sustainability, a student of agriculture at the graduate or post-graduate level, or a researcher in the field of farming systems. It is an essential resource for reaping the benefits of integrated farming systems.
Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Problems of small and marginal farmers related to agriculture.- 3. What is cropping system.- 4. Crop component.- 5. Vegetable component.- 6. Horticultural component.- 7. Livestock rearing.- 8. Poultry rearing.- 9. Fish farming.- 10. Bee-keeping.- 11. Mushroom cultivation.- 12. Vermicomposting.- 13. Rabbit farming.- 14. Turkey rearing.- 15. Sericulture.- 16. Waste recycling in IFS.- 17. Sustainable Rural livelihood Security through IFS.- 18. Farming system approach and its role towards livelihood security under different farming situations.- 19. Concept of farming system in relation to conservation of natural resources.- 20. Distribution of area under different farming components in two-hectare models of farming system in a tropical and sub-tropical situation.- 21. Scope of Farming System in the Indo - Gangetic Plain to Ensure the Food Security in the Country.- 22. Organic integrated farming system.- 23. Scope of integrated nutrient management in the Indo-Gangetic plains towards food productivity enhancement in a major cropping system.- 24. Conclusion.
