integrated nutrient management

Integrated Farming System and Agriculture Sustainability: 

Integrated Farming System and Agriculture Sustainability Bishan Rawat 2010A17M

Integrated Farming System: 

Integrated Farming System

Table1. Productivity (rice equivalent yield) and profitability of different components under integrated farming system (pooled data of 3 years): 

Table1. Productivity (rice equivalent yield) and profitability of different components under integrated farming system (pooled data of 3 years) Source: Channabasavanna et al., 2009

Table2. Economics of various farming systems: 

Table2. Economics of various farming systems System(Area) REY (t) Total Cost Net return Employment generation over rice-wheat (man days) B:C ratio Surinder Kaur Farm Rice-wheat (2.0) 18 39.67 66470 1.67 Rice-wheat (1.78)+(0.22) dairy 29.7 101.03 75200 138.2 1.74 Rice-wheat(1.22)+ (0.22) dairy+fishery (0.56) 30.4 99.98 80290 136.6 1.8 Rice-wheat(1.14)+ dairy (0.22)+ fishery (0.56)+piggery (0.24) 32.2 104.28 86530 171.9 1.83 Shri Bhupinder singh , Village- Birk Rice-wheat(1.0) 12.5 26.4 47970 2.28 rice-wheat(0.6)+dairy (0.4) 25 90.03 58730 158.8 1.65 Rice-wheat (0.6)+dairy (0.4)+ poultry (1.0) 25.5 92.39 59510 162.3 1.64 REY: Rice Equivalent Yield Source: Singh et al., 1999

Table 3. Productivity and economic analysis of IFS in Tamil Nadu (1998-2000): 

Table 3. Productivity and economic analysis of IFS in Tamil Nadu (1998-2000) Farming systems System rice-equivalent yield (t/ha) Net returns (Rs/ha) B:C ratio Employment generation (man days) Cropping alone 13 37153 2.43 369 Cropping+fish+poultry 29.6 97731 3.02 515 Cropping+fish+pigeon 29.2 98778 3.06 515 cropping +fish+goat 37.7 131118 3.36 576 Source: Jayanthi et al., 2001

Table4. Economics of rice-Azolla fish integrated farming system: 

Table4. Economics of rice- Azolla fish integrated farming system System Gross income (Rs) Total expenditure (Rs) Net income (Rs) Crop Fish Total Rice 43291 43291 20320 22971 Rice+fish 39447 11422 50869 22300 28569 Rice+azolla+fish 40752 13649 54401 22613 31788 Source: Balusamy et al., 2003

Table5. Relative profitability of the selected farming systems in north coastal zone: 

Table5. Relative profitability of the selected farming systems in north coastal zone Farming system SMALL MEDIUM No.of Farmers Crop area(ha) Allied enterprises Net Returns (Rs. In lakhs ) No.of Farmers Crop area(ha) Allied interprises Net Returns (Rs. In lakhs ) Agricultural+poultry 17 12 5030 birds 3.04 (0.18) 20 32.4 10,300 birds 10.47 (0.52) Agricultural+sheep 12 7.2 228 sheep 5.17 (0.43) 11 13.6 270 sheep 8.38 (0.76) Agricultural + Sericulture 11 4.4 520 layers 1.11 (0.10) 9 11.2 2200 layers 4.18 (0.46) Source: Viroji et al., 2002 Note: figure in parenthesis indicate Rs lakh/farmer

Table 6. Income and employment generation under different farming systems of North Telangana: 

Table 6. Income and employment generation under different farming systems of North Telangana Farming system Human Labour (MWD's) Net Returns (Rs) Additional Employment over agriculture (MWD's) Additional net returns over agriculture (Rs) Agriculture+dairy 521 35293 359 27842 Agriculture+poultry 528 26830 366 19379 Agriculture +fish rearing 486 14665 324 7214 Agriculture alone 162 7451 Source: Radha et al., 2000 MWD’s: Men Working Days