Farming and agriculture are respectively defined as the
practice of cultivating the land or raising stock and the production of
agricultural goods through the growing of plants and the raising of
domesticated animals. In the developing countries frantic efforts have been
made through research and enlightenment campaigns to encourage farming and thus
ensure significant increases in agricultural production in order to feed and
sustain the population that is increasing at geometric proportion. At present,
the farmers concentrate mainly on crop production which is subjected to a high degree
of uncertainty in income and employment to the farmers. In this context, it is
imperative to evolve suitable strategy for augmenting the income of a farm.
Integrated farming (or integrated agriculture) is a commonly
and broadly used word to explain a more integrated approach to farming as
compared to existing monoculture approaches. It refers to agricultural systems
that integrate livestock and crop production. Integrated farming system has
revolutionized conventional farming of livestock, aquaculture, horticulture,
agro-industry and allied activities. It could be crop-fish integration,
livestock-fish integration, crop-fish-livestock integration or combinations of
crop, livestock, fish and other enterprises.
The integrated farming system approach introduces a change
in the farming techniques for maximum production in the cropping pattern and
takes care of optimal utilization of resources. The farm wastes are better
recycled for productive purposes in the integrated system. A judicious mix of
agricultural enterprises like dairy, poultry, piggery, fishery, sericulture
etc. suited to the given agro-climatic conditions and socio-economic status of
the farmers would bring prosperity in the farming. An integrated farming system
allows us to use some of the advantages of nature, and ecology, as opposed to
relying on chemistry to solve all our production issues.
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