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2) Hydroponics is described as a soilless agriculture technique where plants are grown in nutrient solutions rather than soil. The different hydroponic systems and their benefits like water savings, higher yields are covered.
3) The document concludes by stating that organic, mechanical and cultural practices are used in ecological agriculture to avoid chemicals. Developing sustainable and environment-friendly alternatives like eco-friendly agriculture is needed.
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2. Presentation on
IFS – an ecofriendly approach
for sustainable agriculture
environment.
Hydroponics
3. • It is a technically efficient, economically viable,
environmentally sound, production principle for the
present, without deteriorating the resource base to
meet the needs of human generations & maintaining
high quality environment.
• It is a successful management of resources for
agriculture which satisfy changing human needs while
maintaining / enhancing quality of environment.
Sustainable agriculture
4. Basic principles of sustainable
agriculture
Should maintain / enhance
• Biological & economic productivity of crop.
• Input use efficiency.
• Lesser or no adverse impact on environment.
• Minimize rate of soil degradation.
• Soil quality.
• Compatibility with social and political
conditions prevailing in the region.
12. RISE – making Sustainability measurable
• Switzerland’s School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences in Bern has
developed the Response-Inducing Sustainability Evaluation (RISE) method
to assess sustainability
13.
14. 1. Natural resources and
biodiversity structures
The basis for
agriculture
50 years
Conversion of natural habitats for production
of food, timber, fibre,feed and fuel has been a
main driver of biodiversity loss
15. 2. Food security Access, availability and use of food
are the 3 pillars of food security.
Sustainable agriculture has an
important role in eliminating hunger
and malnutrition.
16. 3. watersecurity
Reliable, safe and suffcient water is
vital for food production and poverty
reduction.
70%
The basis for life
17. 4. Climate change and agriculture
Biophysical impacts:
• physiological effects on crops, pasture, forests
and livestock .
• changes in land, soil and water resources .
• increased weed and pest challenges.
• sea temperature rise causing fish to die.
Socio-economic impacts:
• decline in yields and production.
• reduced marginal GDP from agriculture.
• fluctuations in world market prices.
• increased number of people at risk of hunger
and food insecurity.
18. 5. Farming For energy
(a) ensuring that biofuels deliver large
positive energy;
(b) ensuring bioenergy feed stocks are
produced and processed sustainably
(c) establishing bioenergy policies and
programmes that address impacts on
food availability and prices, poverty
and the environment
19. • Agriculture is sustainable when the productive
resource base is maintained at a level that can
sustain the benefits obtained from it.
6. Refocusingon sustainableagriculture
21. Concept of Integrated Farming
System
• IFS – is a resource management strategy to
achieve economic and sustained agriculture
production to meet the diverse requirement of
family household while maintaining the
resource based an high quality environment
22. • The IFS approach has multiple objectives of
sustainability, food security, farmer security
and poverty reduction.
• It involves use of outputs of one enterprise
component as inputs for other related
enterprises wherever feasible,
• for example, cattle dung mixed with crop
residues and farm waste can be converted in
to nutrient-rich vermi-compost.
27. • Organic farming is a production system, which
avoids or largely excludes the use of synthetically
compounded fertilizers, pesticides, growth
regulators, and livestock feed additives. To the
maximum extent feasible.
35. Advantages of IFS
• Increases production to meet the demands of the
society.
• Intensification of crops growth maximizes income
• Maintains soil fertility
• Most of the waste is converted, has a value
• It ensures influx of income. This means that within
a year it will be possible to make profit constantly
from different agricultural sectors with separate
seasons
36. • Benefit local farming communities,
• Develop habitat networks in non-farmed areas,
• Reduce land conversion to agriculture by
increasing farm productivity,
• Minimize agricultural pollution,
• Modify management of soil, Water and vegetation
resources,
• Modify farm systems to mimic natural ecosystems.
• Greater sustainability in production
37. Conclusion
• Organic, mechanical, physical and cultural
practices of agriculture are mainly used in
ecological agriculture.
• Chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides not
only contaminate surface water, they also affect
fish population and human health as well.
• Developing an alternative agricultural strategy
that is sustainable, productive and environment-
friendly - termed it as “Eco-friendly agriculture”.
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What does a plant need to grow ?
Soil is just a medium to provide nutrients to the plant.
Water is as good a medium as soil.
Sun Light
Nutrients
Soil
Water
41. Introduction
What is Hydroponics
It is the practice of growing plants
without soil.
• Plants can be grown in plain
nutrient solution or in sterile
substrates.
• Hydroponics uses less than
1/10th - 1/5th of the water used in
soil cultivation. It saves a lot of
water.
• No weeds to deal with. Less
space, higher yields.
42. Reasons to hydroponics
• Overcome poor soil conditions
• Shrinking of arable land
• To get high yield and quality .
• Readily available nutrients
(energy saving)
• Provide optimum resources for the
growing plant.
43.
44.
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Types of hydroponics – based on water flow
Static solution culture Continuous flow culture
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Types of hydroponics – disposal of nutrient waste
Run to Waste (Open) Recycled (Recirculating)
Nutrient
Reservoir
Waste
Tank
Water Flow
Nutrient
Reservoir
Water Flow
Water Flow
Water Flow
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Benefits of Hydroponic cultivation
Reduced labor time of
digging and weeding
Reduced fungal
disease, little
exposure to moisture
Greater control on environment, yields
are predictable and budgeting is easier
Tailored macro and micro
nutrition for humans, even
distribution
water usage
Land
Labour Nutrition
Diesease &
Pest
Water
54. Limitations of soilless culture
• Higher initial cost
• High operational cost
• Requirement of technical
know how
• Requirement of quality
water
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Hydroponics in India
• India has rich climatic conditions positioning us
favorably to market such produce.
• Indian producers can address both domestic
as well as International market
• Has intelligent manpower. Can learn fast
the operating protocols.
• A country that can produce super-computers,
satellites can definitely adopt Hydroponics easily.
56. SWOT analysis for hydroponic farming
► Makes any land with water source
useful for production
► High Yields from lesser spaces
► Produce can get premium prices
► Less labor means lesser costs
► Effective IPM possible
► Brand, package and sell produce
as clean, healthy and unique
► Creation of more growth products such as
gingers, saffron, turmeric etc.
which are cash crops.
► Gaining good traction in India
► Can be raised to sell niche markets high returns
► No industry association or bodies
in hydroponics yet
► Needs more diligence and devotion
► Cannot compete with soil grown
produce
► No dedicated standards and
laws in India
► Must not compete on price,
but on quality.
► Perception that Hydroponics is unnatural.
► Inconsistent supply arrangement can ruin
market intake
SWOT
Hydroponics
in India
Weakness
Threats
Strengths
Opportunities
57. Some successful commercial installations
Hydroponic Strawberry System
The Institute of Simplified Hydroponics Bengaluru, India is
proud to announce the setting up of the first Hydroponics
Commercial Strawberry Production system measuring one
acre of climate controlled greenhouse
58. Hydroponics Lettuce/Herbs System
ISH bagged on 23rd March 2011, its second Commercial Hydroponics
Lettuce/Herbs order" from a client in Coimbatore. This within three
months of its first commercial hydroponics greenhouse order to set up a
strawberry greenhouse at Bangalore. The state of the art Lettuce/Herbs
Greenhouse will initially start with a one acre pilot expanding to 4 acres
in next one year.
60. CONCLUSION
• Progress has been rapid and results
obtained advantages over conventional
methods of crop production.
• The main advantages of soil-less
cultivation is the much higher crop
yields & an ecofriendly.
61. Reference
• Integrated farming system by B K Desai,
Sathyanarayan Rao, B M Chittapur.
• Farming system, organic farming, precision
agriculture AGR303 notes
• Hi-Tech Horticulture by
S. Prasad , Dharm Singh &
R. L. Bhardwaj.
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