Agriculture
plays a significant role in Indian economy. Agriculture is an important sector
of Indian economy as it contributes about 14% to the total GDP and provides
employment to over 60% of the population. In India about 70 per cent of the
rural households depend on agriculture. India population is equivalent to 17.7%
of the total world population. India ranks number 2 in the list of countries
(and dependencies) by population. Due to ever increasing population and decline
in per capita availability of land in the country, practically there is no
scope for horizontal expansion of land for agriculture. For this reason,
vertical integration of farm enterprises will make farming more costeffective
and reliable. Therefore, Integrated Farming systems can be proved as viable
approach represents an appropriate combination of farm enterprises, viz. crop
production, horticulture, livestock, fishery, forestry, piggery, poultry and
goatry etc. in specific farming situation to address the problems of
sustainable economic growth of Indian farming communities. Out of 115 million
operational holdings in India, about 80 per cent of Indian farmers are marginal
and small farmers. To achieve sustainable development in income and employment
to fulfill the basic needs of the farmers in plains and also in hilly areas, an
integrated faming system plays a vital role in India. The present study was
undertaken to recognize the contribution of integrated farming system on
livelihood security and sustainable development of Tribal people. Primary data
was collected from the Tribal people of Pachamalai hill situated in
Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu. Most of the respondents were involved
in the adoption of integrated farming system, but the components are based on
size of land holding, economic conditions, knowledge, experience and interest
of the respondent etc. Eight different components of Integrated farming system
were considered in the study. Among them agriculture with backyard poultry,
livestock and piggery which are adopted by most of the respondents. Farmers’
responded that integrated farming system has increased the economic yield per
unit area by providing income to the farmers round the year, providing food,
nutritional security and increasing input usage by the result of expected
output. Hence, it is essential to create awareness to improve knowledge, skill
and attitude regarding the adoption of more components of integrated farming
system. Therefore it was concluded from the study that integrated farming
system is a powerful multidimensional whole farm approach, which is very
effective in solving many problems of achieving farmers’ livelihood security.
Lack of awareness and technical knowledge, minimum credit facility, less
reliable market, non availability of critical inputs and follow up etc. have
been identified as the major constraints to promote integrated farming system
in this area.
Author(s) Details
Dr. V. Dhanushkodi
Department of Soil Science, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sirugamani-639115, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dr. Noorjehan A. K. A. Hanif
Department of Agricultural Extension, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sirugamani-639115, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dr. G. Amuthaselvi
Department of Food Processing and Agricultural Engineering, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sirugamani-639115, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Author(s) Details
Dr. V. Dhanushkodi
Department of Soil Science, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sirugamani-639115, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dr. Noorjehan A. K. A. Hanif
Department of Agricultural Extension, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sirugamani-639115, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dr. G. Amuthaselvi
Department of Food Processing and Agricultural Engineering, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sirugamani-639115, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
View Book :- http://bp.bookpi.org/index.php/bpi/catalog/book/191
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