1. INTEGRATED FARMING
SYSTEM
PRESENTED BY:
Deepak Verma
MBA(AB) Ist year
IABM , Bikaner
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2. FLOW OF PRESENTATION
Introduction
Objectives
Factors affecting IFS
Components of IFS
Integration of Enterprises
IFS Models
Advantages of IFS
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3. Introduction
 “Farming system” designates a set of agricultural activities
organized while preserving land productivity, environmental
quality and maintaining desirable level of biological diversity and
ecological stability. (Lal and Millar 1990)
Farming system consist of several enterprises like Cropping
system, Dairying, Piggery, Poultry, Fishery, Bee keeping etc. these
enterprises are interrelated. The end product and wastes of one
enterprise are used as inputs in others
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4. Objectives
To identify existing farming systems in specific areas and access
their relative viability
To formulate farming system. Model involving main and allied
enterprises for different farming situations
 To ensure optional utilization and conservation of available
resources and effective recycling of farm residues within system
 To maintain sustainable production system without damaging
resources/environment
 To rise over all profitability of farmhouse hold by
complementing main/allied enterprises with other
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5. Factors Affecting IFS
 Soil and climatic features of the selected area
 Availability of the resources, land, labour & capital
 Present level of utilization of resources
 Economics of proposed integrated farming system
 Managerial skill of farmer
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6. Components of Farming System
In the integrated farming system, it is always emphasized to
combine cropping with other enterprises/ activities, many
enterprises are available and these includes cattle maintenance
sheep or goat rearing, poultry, piggery, rabbit rearing, bee keeping
etc. Any one or more can be combined with the cropping.
Buffaloes
Sheep rearing
Goat rearing
Contd…
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7. Cattle
Poultry
Duck rearing
Turkey rearing
Piggery
Rabbit rearing
Bee keeping
Sericulture
Mushroom cultivation
Biogas plant
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8. Integration of Enterprises
 Farming System Under Lowland: Common cropping system
in agro climatic condition of south India are following:
Maize, Groundnut, Sesamum, Rice – Fish – Poultry culture
Upland Irrigated Farming Systems: Additional income can be
generated by enterprises like Dairy , Biogas and Silvi culture to
the usual cropping systems.
 Rainfed Farming Systems: Agronomic practices of
conservation, tillage and mulch farming, rotational cropping use
of legumes and cover crops for improving soil fertility and
suppressing weeds and efficient use of cattle manure are some of
the components of sustainable farming systems.
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9. IFS Model
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10. IFS Model
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11. Advantages of Integrated Farming System
Productivity
Profitability
Potentiality or Sustainability
Balanced Food
Environmental Safety
Recycling
Income Rounds the year
Meeting Fodder crisis
Solving Fuel and Timber Crisis
Employment Generation
Agro – industries
Increasing Input Efficiency
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12. Conclusion
 Integrated farming system seems to be the answer to the
problems of increasing food production , for increasing income
and for improving nutrition of the small scale farmers with
limited resources without any adverse effect on environment
and agro- eco-system
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13. References
 http://www.agriinfo.in
 www.agritech.tnau.ac.in
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14. THANK YOU
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