INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEM MODELS: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
edited by: Adyant Kumar, Sudhanand Prasad Lal, Milind B. Katare, Reena Kumari, Pratibha Kumari, D K Jayswal, Kumari Rashmi
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The book offers a varied and appropriate array of Integrated Farming System (IFS) models, grounded in research discoveries and policy recommendations. These insights can prove invaluable for policymakers, financial establishments, researchers, and anyone seeking to recognize the obstacles and inventive solutions within integrated farming systems, all aimed at contributing to Vocal for Local Mission, self-sufficiency and enhancing the livelihood security of farmers
Dr. Adyant Kumar is working as Assistant Professor cum Junior Scientist in Department of Agronomy, Dr. Kalam Agricultural College, (Bihar Agricultural University), Kishanganj, Bihar. He had completed his Doctorate and Master degree in Agriculture with specialization in Agronomy from BCKV, West Bengal and RAU, Pusa (Bihar), respectively. He is the recipient of Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award for Outstanding Research in Tribal Farming Systems, 2021 given by ICAR under MoA&FW, GoI. He is also awarded with various awards & accolades viz. Best Oral Presentation, Best Thesis, Young Scientist and Young Achiever award as well as Valued Reviewer from Springer Nature etc. He performed as the Co-PI in the project “Study of Millets production and consumption pattern in last 20 years in Jharkhand” sanctioned by DRDM Tribal Welfare Research Institute, Ranchi. He had also contributed as a Mentor under the GOAL (Going Online as Leaders) Program for the year 2020-21 which was organized by Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India in collaboration with Meta (Facebook). He is the Lifetime Member in Indian Society of Agronomy, and Crop and Weed Science Society as well as in the Board of Advisors of NAVADRISHTI, Ranchi, Jharkhand. He has guided six M.Sc. students during his teaching period. He had written about 22 Research articles, 01 Review articles, 02 Book, 01 Souvenir, 05 Book chapters and 11 Popular articles in English and regional language for the academician, researcher, students and farming communities.
Dr. Sudhanand Prasad Lal is currently an Assistant Professor cum Scientist, Department of Extension Education, PG College of Agriculture, RPCAU, Pusa, MoA&FW, Govt. of India. He pursued his B.Sc. Ag. (Hons.) from CSA University, Kanpur in 2012 and received Chancellor's gold medallist. He did his MSc from, ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132001, (Haryana) in 2014 & was awarded merit certificate in Social Science & Management group. He did his Ph.D. Agricultural Extension Education on 12th March 2018 and received Ph.D. best thesis Director's Gold medal at ICAR-NDRI, Karnal from Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi. He is the recipient of NTS in B.Sc., JRF in M.Sc., and SRF in Ph.D. He is the recipient of Certificate of Excellence Award from Elsevier Researcher Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands. He has written 40 Research articles, 01 Review articles, 02 Short communication, 03 Books, 06 Book chapters and 20 popular articles. He was invited as an expert by 'The Times Higher Education Academic Reputation Survey in partnership with Elsevier for the 2019 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings and the 2019 World University Rankings, supported by UNICEF. Dr. Lal has received citations from DRDO, IIT-Delhi, CAB Direct and FAO.
Dr. Milind B. Katare, Ph.D. (Aquaculture) is presently working as Subject Matter Specialist (Fisheries) at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, East Garo Hills-794111 Meghalaya under the administrative control of Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur. He pursued his B.F.Sc. (Bachelor of Fishery Science) from College of Fishery Science, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur and followed by M.F.Sc. (Master of Fishery Science) in Aquaculture from College of Fisheries, Mangalore under Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar. He has completed the Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Aquaculture from ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra. His publications reflected in the library of FAO-AGRIS of the United Nations and ICAR, New Delhi, especially in the area of fish endocrinology, physiology, genetics and breeding. He has honoured with several awards viz., Young Scientist, Best KVK Scientist and Excellence in Extension Scientist Award etc. He is member of the Board of Studies for Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha-761211, INDIA (Established Vide Orissa Act 4 of 2010). He is presently acting as a Valued Reviewer for esteemed Springer and Elsevier journals.
Dr. Reena Kumari is working as Assistant Professor from last eight years in Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat. She has done her doctorate and master degree in Agricultural Engineering with specialization in soil and water conservation engineering from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She is working on conservation agriculture and recommended three technologies related to conservation agriculture for farming community of southern Gujarat. She is member of many reputed societies and published more than 25 research papers in national and international journals. She has written 12 book chapters and 5 popular articles in English and regional language for the academician, researcher, students and farming communities. She has received Young Scientist award, Women Scientist award, Best Poster Presentation award by the different reputed societies. She is Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator of different University Research Projects. She has participated and presented her work in different international and national conference organized by reputed institutes and Societies. She has also co-organized 4 workshop cum training programmes for students, researchers, academicians and farmers.
Dr. Pratibha Kumari did her Doctorate and Master’s degree in soil science and agriculture chemistry with specialization in soil fertility from Banaras Hindu University Varanasi. She has good knowledge about the conservation agriculture for natural resource management. She is passionate to empower the farmers with latest cutting edge technology by transferring her research experience from lab to field. She worked in International Rice Research Institute Bihar hub as Specialist Agriculture Research & Development for almost 5 years. During work at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) as a team member worked to developed web-based platform (Crop Manager for Rice based System) for field-specific information on crop and nutrient management to increase yields and income of rice farmers. She has published more than 15 research papers in national and international journals. She is awarded as young scientist and excellence in research award by the reputed institutes and Societies of India. She is writer of many book chapters, book and essential literature for the academicians, researchers, scientists, students and farming community in international, national and regional language. Dr. Pratibha is active on various platform including Radio talk, Kisan Mela, Kisan Gostthi, Cooperative society to spread the awareness and educate farmers about the latest trends and efficient farming practices. She shares her experience in trainings, workshops and conferences organised by International and national Institute.
Dr. D.K. Jayswal, is Assistant Professor cum Junior Scientist, Department of Horticulture (Fruit & Fruit Technology), Bihar Agricultural College, (Bihar Agricultural University), Bhagalpur, Bihar. He had completed his Doctorate and Master degree in Agriculture with specialization in Horticulture – Fruit Science from JNKVV, Jabalpur (M.P.) in 2014 and 2017 subsequently. He has significantly contributed to standardizing the severity of pruning and developed combination of organic, inorganic and bio-fertilizer as INM for improving the growth, yield and quality of guava fruit during his Ph.D. degree programme. He is recipient of several awards and certificates in which some of explicit awards are Young Scientist Award by the Society of Tropical Agriculture, Dr. N.C. Gautam Best Ph.D. Thesis Award in Horticulture – 2017 by the Society for Horticultural Research and Development, Ghaziabad, Professional Excellence Award by the Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists (Jharkhand Chapter), Research Excellence Award-2020 by the Institute of Scholars, Bangalore etc. He has participated in the cultural activities and got 2nd Prize in Debate and 3rd Prize in One Act Play in Agri-unifest. He has published 18 Research and Review articles in NAAS rated peer-reviewed journals, 03 Book chapters, 06 popular articles and more than 10 abstract in the souvenirs. He is the Life Member of Society for Horticultural Research and Development, The Indian Science Congress Association and Indian Society for Arid Horticulture. He has good academic excellence having first rank merit certificate awardee for his Master degree programme at University level. He organized 5 trainings, 4 workshops and 2 International symposiums etc. He has attended 4 trainings, 2 workshops and 14 seminar/ symposium/ conferences etc.
Dr. Kumari Rashmi started her early career in the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics at Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur in 2012 as Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientist and worked extensively on speciality Corn breeding and heat stress tolerance in Maize in the state of Bihar. She has dedicated more than eight years of career to agricultural teaching, research, extension, training and administration. She has experience of handling 5 projects including international collaborations. She has handled a USAID funded international project on Heat Stress Tolerant Maize based on Genomic Selection as Co-PI. She also had handled various University funded projects on Speciality Corn breeding and Maintenance Breeding as PI. She has guided 5 M.Sc. students and 1 Ph.D. student as Major advisor. She also has trained several Master’s and Ph.D. students in Maize Breeding. She has published more than 30 research papers, 45 abstracts published in proceedings and souvenir, 13 pamphlets as well as edited and contributed to more than 4 books and 2 book chapters. She has contributed in development of a short duration variety of maize for kharif season released from CVRC. She is also the Life Member of Indian Society for Genetics and Plant Breeding (2012), Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture & Technology, Meerut (U.P.) India (2012) and Society for Agriculture Innovation and Development (SAID), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India (2017). She was conferred with Young Scientist Award (2013, 2014 & 2015), Fellowship Award (2014) from Society for scientific development in Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, UP, India. She was conferred with Young Scientist Award (2017) in International Conference-Global Meet on Science and Technology for Ensuring Quality Life (GMST-2017), Kualalampur, Malaysia from Hi-Tech Horticultural Society Prerna Foundation. She was conferred with Young Teacher Award (2017) and Young Scientist Award (2017) in International Conference- Agriculture & Applied Sciences for Food Security (AAPS-2017), Kathmandu, Nepal.
1. Integrated Farming System (IFS) - A Holistic Approach to Empower Marginal Farmers - Suprava Biswal and Toko Yarin
2. Horticulture: A Viable Alternative for Sustaining Integrated Farming System - Kajal Sengupta and Prasun Chatterjee
3. Horticulture-based Integrated Farming Systems: An Emerging Trends of Enterprise - Harjot Singh Sohi and P. S. Tanwar
4. Women-Centric Entrepreneurship Development Horticulture Based Integrated Farming System – A Case Study of Family Farming in Bihar - Richa Kumari, Sudhanand Prasad Lal and Kumari Asmita
5. Tuber Crops Based Integrated Farming System for Sustainable Livelihood – A Few Case Studies - N.G. Piloo, N.L. Bharathi, N.K. Yadav and Aditya Pratap Singh
6. Entrepreneurship Development through Fish-Poultry Based Integrated Farming System - Jham Lal, Soibam Khogen Singh and Pradyut Biswas
7. Integrated Fish and Pig Farming – A Prospective Concept for An Entrepreneurial Venture - Halpati Reena Prakashbhai, Krupesh S. Sawant and Banlam Jingshai Marbaniang
8. Entrepreneurial Opportunities of Agro-Forestry Based Integrated Farming System - Duvvada Sarath Kumar, Mahua Banerjee, Manisankar G Ganesh Ch. Malik and Kajal Sengupta
9. Lac Centric trio-IFS Models to Boost Entrepreneurial Development Among the Tribal in India - Neelkusum Xess and Sudhanand Prasad Lal
10. Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Sericulture-based Integrated Farming System - Chethan Babu R.T., Praveen B.R., Dileep R., Rakesh Kumar and Birendra Kumar
11. Role of Beekeeping for Income Generation Through Integrated Farming System - Kumari Asmita, Sudhanand Prasad Lal and Richa Kumari
12. Seaweed Farming – A New and Viable Step Towards Sustainable Entrepreneur Development in Integrated Farming System - Kajal Sengupta and Anannya Dhar
13. Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Integrated Farming System Through Efficient Utilisation of Weeds - G. Manisankar, M. Banerjee, G.C. Malik, Sarath Kumar Duvvada and Kajal Sengupta
14. Potential of Vermicompost Organic Manure in Integrated Farming System - Nisha Arya, Sudhanand Prasad Lal and Naman Kumar Mishra
15. Enriching Integrated Farming System Through Precision Farming to Boost Entrepreneurship – Application of IoT and AI - Vicky Yadav and Sudhanand Prasad Lal
16. Entrepreneurial Skills of Small and Marginal Farmers Through Integrated Farming System - A. Devivaraprasad Reddy, T. Vijaya Nirmala, E. KarunaSree CH. Balakrishna, K. Venkata Subbaiah, G. Shali Raju, V. Deepthi M. Raghavendra Reddy, K. Venkata Satish and J.V. Prasad
17. Integrated Farming System:The Road to Sustenance - Longjam Boris Singh, S. Zeshmarani, Yanglem Herojit Singh Chuwang Hijam and S. Prabin
Embodying global agricultural prominence, India's contribution to the GDP stands strong at 18.30% in the year 2022-23. It claims unrivalled leadership in milk, pulses, and spices, while securing the second spot in a plethora of essentials, including rice, wheat, cotton, sugarcane, and more. With India's population projected to reach 1.50 billion by 2035, the demand for sustenance is on a resolute rise, with food grains projected to increase from 315 MT (2022) to 334.90 MT (2025). Consequently, the nation faces a pressing need to amplify its agricultural output to meet these demands.
Suprava Biswal , Toko Yarin
Introduction The total geographical area for farming is 328.7 million hectares whereas, only 139.4 million hectares are a net sown area in India (NHB). India is known as an agricultural powerhouse where small and marginal farmers are at the centre of the Indian rural economy. States like Punjab and Haryana have 80% of the net sown area whereas, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Manipur have only 10% of the net sown area. With the population increasing every year, innovative farming method should be used to feed the large population, utilising vertical space to make the most limited space and time.
Kajal Sengupta , Prasun Chatterjee
Introduction We live in India, a country which is in its developing phase and would be developed soon and also where most of the population is concentrated in the rural areas. So, eventually, rural development emerges to be of much importance for the overall economic development of the nation. But it’s a big disgrace for us that the population in the majority lies below the line of poverty. The development of households in rural areas is of much significantly related to entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship can be regarded as a tool to fasten up the process of rural development.
Harjot Singh Sohi, P. S. Tanwar
Introduction The ongoing need to create effective agricultural systems that can meet a farmer’s needs is driven by the demand for food, feed, fodder, and natural resources. More than 86 percent of Indian farm families, compromising marginal and small farmers, live in risky, diversified production conditions. There is limited room for horizontal growth of land for agriculture due to the increasing population and declining land per capita. Small and marginal farmers, who make up 84.97 percent of all operational holdings and operating 44.31 percent of the area, need a powerful tool to ensure income, livelihood security, nutritional security and employment in a sustainable manner.
Richa Kumari, Sudhanand Prasad Lal , Kumari Asmita
Introduction Entrepreneurship is considered one of the most significant variables influencing the economic development of society and the growth of every country. In addition to human resources, effective resource management is also essential for a nation’s success. Entrepreneurship involves the act of creating something as an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs are thought to play a key function in initiating and maintaining socioeconomic development. As women cover up approximately half of the population their societal status significantly significantly impact the country’s development.
N.G. Piloo, N.L. Bharathi, N.K. Yadav, Aditya Pratap Singh
Introduction Two-thirds of the population make their living from agriculture, which also supplies raw materials for other businesses. To feed the growing population and decrease hunger and poverty, agricultural output must be increased. Various farming systems coexist in India depending on the resources available, agricultural methods, and location-specific demands of people to meet their needs for food, fuel, and fibre. An intricate, interconnected matrix is the integrated farming system (IFS) of soil, plants, animals, tools, equipment, labour, capital, and other inputs that are partially controlled by farming families, with varied degrees of political, economic, and institutional power and resting elements that affect farms. In India, the size of farm holdings has dropped over time.
Jham Lal, Soibam Khogen Singh, Pradyut Biswas
Introduction Agriculture and livestock agribusiness techniques are assessed as the backbone of the Indian economy. Since the livelihood of the population depends on these traditions, the practice is more common in rural regions. Farm owners find it impossible to make a living with traditional farming methods, nevertheless, because of inflation. Integrated farming, a contemporary agricultural practice that increases production and resource effectiveness while lowering the threat to small-scale farming homeowners through crop diversity, is regarded as a sustainable farming approach.
Halpati Reena, Prakashbhai, Krupesh S. Sawant, Banlam Jingshai Marbaniang
Introduction The development of software in the sphere of information technology and agriculture currently make up the majority of the economy (Shashank et al., 2006). The majority of people in our country live in rural areas, so efforts to improve the economy must be concentrated there. To make any kind of progress in rural areas, strategies should be developed that will primarily focus on some crucial points, including the sustainable use of natural resources and their conservation, increasing production and profitability by efficiently using the resources already available, and improving quality and productivity by reducing waste.
Duvvada Sarath Kumar, Mahua Banerjee, Manisankar G , Ganesh Ch. Malik , Kajal Sengupta
Introduction To provide a good standard of living, food and eco-friendly natural resources are essential. It is commonly acknowledged that in the current situation, attention must be given to sustainable development, conservation, and management of natural resources if we are to ensure the future of food, living, and ecological security. By the end of the twenty-first century, it’s predicted that there will be 8 billion people on the planet, which means that 120 million tonnes of food will be needed to feed everyone (Gill et al., 2009). By the year 2050, there is expected to be a 60% global increase in food demand and a 100% increase in developing countries.
Neelkusum Xess, Sudhanand Prasad Lal
Introduction India is an agriculture dominated country. According to the report of the Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households by the NSO, 54.6% of the total workforce is engaged in agriculture and allied sectors which encompasses for 17.8% of India’s total GVA for the year 2019-20. The number of operational holdings in the country is estimated at 14.64 crores (Agriculture Census 2016). As we can see from Figure 1 the operational landholding of Indian farmers is increasing day by day. The average size of operational holdings was 1.15 hectares in 2010-11 which has declined to 1.08 hectares in the year 2015-16 (Agriculture Statistics at a Glance, 2021).
Chethan Babu R.T., Praveen B.R, Dileep R., Rakesh Kumar, Birendra Kumar
Introduction India ranks second in global silk production next to China and first in raw silk and silk fabrics consumption, accounting for 70% with a production of 34,923MT in 2021-22. In total silk production traditional crossbreed silkworms contribute 3/4th and 1/4th bivoltine breed (CSB reports). An important strategy for creating jobs and offering a variety of entrepreneurial prospects for rural development is sericulture, which has a solid agricultural foundation. Sericulture is comprised of both agro-based and industry-based activities.
Kumari Asmita, Sudhanand Prasad Lal, Richa Kumari
Introduction Beekeeping is a vital component of agriculture and rural development programmes in various Asian countries. The great role of beekeeping in supplying nutritional, economic and ecological safety to rural areas of Asia cannot be ignored, as it has always been associated with their cultural and natural traditions. Beekeeping is a landless activity and does not compete with any other resource-intensive elements of farming systems. Beekeeping is an additional income-generating activity at the household level.
Kajal Sengupta, Anannya Dhar
Introduction Seaweeds are referred to as the wonder plants of the sea, macrophytic marine algae which are a primitive type of plants lacking true roots, stems and leaves. They usually grow in shallow coastal and marine water. Based on the occurrence of pigments, seaweeds are classified into three groups: Green seaweeds (Chlorophyta) having the pigments chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b; Brown seaweeds (Phaeophyta) having the pigment fucoxanthin; and Red seaweeds (Rhodophyta) having the pigment phycoerythrin.
G. Manisankar, M. Banerjee, G.C. Malik, Sarath Kumar Duvvada, Kajal Sengupta
Introduction From a scientific perspective, weeds are plants that grow in locations and times when we desire to cultivate other plants or no plants at all. Weeds are uninvited, rapidly spreading, competitive and environmentally detrimental vegetation that can be found in both cultivable and non-cultivable lands. Globally, approximately 30,000 plant species have been classified as weeds, out of which 18,000 pose significant threats to crop productivity, leading to substantial losses. Among the different factors causing crop productivity losses, weeds are a major biotic constraint and account for 33%.
Nisha Arya, Sudhanand Prasad Lal , Naman Kumar Mishra
Introduction Integrated farming systems (IFS) generate a large amount of organic waste matters. In general, these residues should can be reprocessed appropriately within agri-business systems to fulfil the nutritional and energy demands in the enterprises (IFS) in order to increase productivity. To reduce the heavy consignment of organic waste matter from the Integrated farming systems, The Multi Resource Vermicompost (MRV) was defined by the IFS as an organic fertiliser made from waste produced in crop production, farm animals, agriculture, and vegetation through bio-oxidative degradation processes facilitated by earthworms and microorganisms in the soil.
Vicky Yadav, Sudhanand Prasad Lal
Introduction Precision farming is a site-specific farming method that works on a large scale, while IFS divides the whole land into fragments. Both Precision farming and IFS work on the concept of “no wastage”. When we install some components of precision farming in IFS, such as remote sensors, yield mapping, SSNM, yield monitors, and some others, the yield and quality of output increase. Initially, farmers may not get much profit from them because their installation cost is very high, but after a while, they earn more profit from this. IFS are good for Indian farmers because many enterprises are connected to each other in IFS, and farmers can get income from different sources. It generates employment opportunities for other farmers. It’s good for those with less land, and when we include PF in IFS, entrepreneurship opportunities are generated for educators like farming device installation, operation, maintenance and many others.
A. Devivaraprasad Reddy, T. Vijaya Nirmala, E. KarunaSree, CH. Balakrishna, K. Venkata Subbaiah, G. Shali Raju, V. Deepthi, M. Raghavendra Reddy, K. Venkata Satish, J.V. Prasad
Introduction Agriculture plays a significant role in the economic development of rural networks in India and constitutes a substantial proportion of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP). Despite experiencing a decline in its GDP share, the agricultural sector in India continues to hold significant importance due to its modernisation efforts, which have led to a substantial boost in government GDP. In the present scenario, there is an urgent requirement for a modification in the agricultural framework within the legislative body to effectively address the challenges encountered by rural areas amidst the evolving domestic and global financial environment.
Longjam Boris Singh, S. Zeshmarani, Yanglem Herojit Singh, Chuwang Hijam, S. Prabin
Introduction Farming has undergone significant changes since the Green Revolution in the late 1960s and economic liberalisation in the early 1990s. These changes have led to a shift in focus towards a few specific enterprises due to factors such as a decrease in farm size, fluctuating commodity prices, the need for livelihood diversification, and a shortage of labor. (Ponnusamy and Kousalya, 2017). The current scenario in the country indicates that the agricultural area under cultivation is decreasing and more than 20 percent of the current cultivable land will be converted into non-agricultural purposes by 2030 (Gill et al., 2005). 80 per cent of farm families belong to the small and marginal farmer categories. Hence India is putting more emphasis on agriculture in research as well as in technology transfer through many extension activities.
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