IFS- a stratergy to fight climate change.

2. IFS-A strategy to fight climate
change

3. What is integrated farming ?
It is the integration of crop, livestock, poultry, trees, fishery,
Sheep, goat etc, units in a single area.

4. Why we need IFS?
• For reducing risks due to biotic and abiotic stresses
• High input costs
• For meeting family requirements
• For increasing the income
• Employment throughout the year
• Continuous generation of income
• To increase the standard of living
• For maintaining nutritional security

5. Components of IFS
• Crop
• Livestock production
• Poultry
• Duckery
• Horticulture
• Aquaculture
• Apiculture
• Sericulture
• Mushroom cultivation
• Agroforestry
• Biogas plant
• Compost

9. Region of high rainfall(low land)

10. • Paddy + Fishery + Dairy
• Paddy + Fishery + Duckery + Dairy
• Paddy + Fishery + Duckery + Azolla + Dairy
• Paddy + Piggery + Duckery + Azolla + Sheep and
goat + Dairy+ vermi compost
• Rice + poultry + fishery
• Rice + dairy + fishery
• Rice + fishery + vegetable
• Rice+ mushroom cultivation

11. Coastal conditions
• Crop : Paddy and vegetables
• Horticulture: Coconut + areca nut + cashew
nut
• Livestock: Inland fisheries + prawn culture
• Mushroom cultivation

12. Dry land conditions
• >60% of land is under dry condition
• Crops: Cereals(sorghum, finger millet, and
other millets)
• Agri- Sylviculture
• Agri-horticulture
• Agri- sylvipasture

13. Waste lands
• Crops: Millets, Horse gram
• Tree species:
1. Bio fuel crops: Pongamia, Neem, Jatropha,
Simaruba
2. Timber spp: Teak
3. Fisheries
4. Sheep and goat

14. Factors influencing IFS
• Farm size
• Marketing facility
• Climate
• Technologies available
• Soil type
• Income level
• Credit facility
• Skill and knowledge

15. Climate
Climate is the weather conditions that are prevailing in an area
over a long period.
Weather
It is the state of atmosphere at a particular place and at particular
time

16. Climatic factors
• Rainfall
• Temperature
• Light
• Wind
• Relative humidity

17. Change in rainfall pattern

18. Change in temperature

19. • In Karnataka >60%of land is under rainfed condition
• An increase in 1 degree Celsius temperature leads to
5-10% yield loss

20. Shift in cropping pattern

21. Decrease in area under cereals

22. Shift in growing season

23. Adaptation methods to mitigate
climate change
1.Residue management

24. 2.Tillage
Continuous tillage
No tillage or Zero tillage
Minimum tillage

25. 3.Ridges and furrows

26. 4.Mulching

27. 5.Mixed cropping
• Mixed cropping of cereals and legumes
• Cereals: Finger millet, sorghum, bajra
• Legumes: Red gram, cowpea, green gram.

28. 6.Nutrient management

29. 7.Rainwater harvesting

30. 8.Anaerobic vs Aerobic paddy

34. Conclusion
Proper selection of different components of IFS
according to the climate change along with
proper management practices and good
maintenance of the farm gives regular yields and
income throughout the year.