This document discusses the scope, sustainability, and economic importance of integrated livestock farming systems. It notes that integrated farming systems are important for small landholders in India to manage risks and ensure regular income. Integrated livestock farming can be sustainable by using resources efficiently in a cyclic manner, combining ecological and economic goals, and maintaining soil fertility and productivity over the long term. Economically, integrated farming systems help reduce costs, increase revenue from multiple enterprises, and create a buffer against price and production fluctuations compared to single enterprise operations.

1. TOPIC: SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF INTEGRATED FARMING
SYSTEMS –SUSTAINABILITY OF INTEGRATED LIVESTOCK FARMING
SYSTEMS AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
PREPARED & PRESENTED BY
DR. LAKSHYA J. KAKATI
2016-v-14(M)
College of veterinary sc. &AH
Central agricultural University
Selesih,Aizawl,MIzoram

2. INTRODUCTION: SCOPE OF INTEGRATED FARMING
SYSTEM , AN OVERVIEW IN INDIAN CONDITION
• Indian economy is predominantly rural and
agriculture oriented where the declining in the land
for farm site poses a serious problem.
• In agriculture majority of the farm holdings are dry
lands and even irrigated areas depend on the
monsoon.
• In this context, if farmers are only concentrated on
crop production they will be subjected to a high
degree of uncertainty in income and employment.

3.  Hence, it is imperative to manage certain strategies for
the rural landless/marginal farmers by combining the
different farming systems to ensure the profitability
while preserving the environment and increase the
productivity and supplement the income.
 In an agricultural country like India, the average land
holding is very small. The population is steadily
increasing and the farm holding spaces are reducing
day by day. This is major issue for the farmers to
manage production of their crops and livestock at the
same time.

4.  The income from cropping for an average farmer is
hardly sufficient to sustain his family. So, the farmer has
to be assured of a regular income for a reasonable
standard of living by including other enterprises like a
combination of farming systems i.e. fish cum duck, Cattle
cum paddy farming etc.
 By analyzing the fact above there is a strong need of
development of integrated farming to ensure an all round
development of farming families.

6. Duck cum fishery farming

7. WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY ?
 The word "sustain," from the Latin sustinere
(sus-, from below and tenere, to hold), to
keep in existence or maintain, implies long-
term support. As it pertains to agriculture
and veterinary, sustainable describes
farming systems that are "capable of
maintaining their productivity and
usefulness to society indefinitely.

8.  In other words sustainability is the “triple bottom
line” referring to the three main aspects of
sustainability; ecological, economical and social.

9. SUSTAINABILITY OF ILFS
 Sustainable production can be achieved through production of
healthy animals and producing wholesome food while wisely
using environmental, social, and financial resources.
 Cyclic. The farming system is essentially cyclic (organic
resources – livestock – land– crops). Therefore, resources
can be used more efficiently.
 Rational. Using crop residues more rationally is an important
route out of poverty. For resource-poor farmers, the correct
management of crop residues, together with an optimal
allocation of scarce resources, leads to sustainable
production.

10.  Ecologically sustainable. Combining ecological
sustainability and economic viability, the integrated
livestock-farming system maintains and improves
agricultural productivity while also reducing
negative environmental impacts.
 The maintenance of an integrated crop-livestock
system is dependent on the availability of adequate
nutrients to sustain animals and plants and to
maintain soil fertility.
SUSTAINABILITY OF ILFS

11.  Given their traditional knowledge and experience,
local farmers are perfectly able to apply an
integrated system.
 The animals are also checked from overgrazing of
the grass lands and the overall products are more
organic and eco-friendly and can be taken as a
staple food without any consideration of poisoning
SUSTAINABILITY OF ILFS

12.  In this system an inter-related set of enterprises
used so that the “waste” from one component
becomes an input for another part of the system,
which reduces cost and improves production and/or
income.
SUSTAINABILITY OF ILFS

13. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ILFS
 Although there is a gradual investment in
agriculture by corporate investors, farms remain
predominantly family owned and operated around
the world.
 The need for diversity in income streams for family
operations is high. Single enterprise operations are
venerable to both price and production fluctuations.

14.  These risks are often outside the control of the
operator, in turn an integrated system creates a
buffer against economical and biological risks.
 Economies of scale have been the key driver for
specialization. As terms of trade have tightened, the
margin on each unit of product grown diminishes.
Hence the need to lower production cost and
increase turn over.
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ILFS

15.  The emergence of Integrated Farming Systems
(IFS) has enabled the farmers to develop a
framework for an alternative development model to
improve the feasibility of small sized farming
operations in relation to larger ones.
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ILFS

16. References:
 Recent Advances in Integrated Farming Systems
by SS Rana Sr Scientist
 Department of Agronomy, COA, CSK HPKV,
Palampur176062

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