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Vol. 8 (4) : July-August 2017 issue
Green Farming Vol. 8 (4) : 957-961 ; July-August, 2017
Increasing yield, productivity, income and employment generation for small farmers through adoption of integrated farming
MANGALA R. GHANBAHADUR1
Department of Agronomy, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Krishinagar, Akola - 444 104 (Maharashtra)
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1Professor & Chief Agronomist (AICRP-IFS) (mangalaghanbahadur113@gmail.com, m_ghanbahadur@yahoo.co.in)
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. : P-6536
Total Pages : 5
Received : 08 February 2017
Revised accepted : 30 May 2017
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MANGALA TELGOTE GHANBAHADUR. 2017. Increasing yield, productivity, income and employment generation for small farmers through adoption of integrated farming. Green Farming  Vol. 8 (4) : 957-961 ; July-August, 2017

ABSTRACT
An Integrated Farming Systems Model (IFSM) of “Crops + Goat + fruits and vegetables + Poultry + Rabbit + Boundary plantation + Compost” was studied for 1 ha area for average family size of 5 members in irrigated situation for Western Vidarbha during year 2012-13 to 2014-15 with average annual rainfall of 847 mm. The model was tested against conventional cropping systems.Five cropping systems were grown on 0.70 ha for grain purpose. Custard apple on 0.25 ha and goat, poultry, rabbit, and compost pit on 0.05 ha area were tried. Three years results revealed that the average gross and net returns of ` 160965 and ` 95039 were realized from all the components of one ha IFS model. The highest gross profit of ?73053and average net profit of ?40180 was received from goat component with B:C ratio of 2.22. This was followed by the receipts from the crop component (GMR and NMR of ? 54510 and ? 31531 respectively). The maximum B:C ratio of 4.91 was reported in compost followed by back yard poultry (3.76) and vegetable component (3.06).The leaves and tender twigs of Gliricidiasepium grown along boundary served as assured source of green fodder for goat component during summer season. The cropping intensity in IFSM was increased to 195% as against 105 in cropping systems. The comparison showed that 120% higher profit was received by adoption of IFSM over cropping systems. On an average, 158 extra man-days were generated in IFS (270) over cropping systems (112). The data of soil analysis indicated that, there was decrease in pH and electrical conductivity, increase in organic carbon content and available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content. This indicated that the recycling organic waste of crop and animal in the model resulted in improvement in the chemical properties of soils.
Key words :
B:C ratio, Boundary plantation, Cropping systems, Compost, Goat, IFS model, Poultry, Recycling of organic waste.