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Integrated Farming System Model for Sustained Farm Income and Employment Generation Under Rainfed Vertisol of Southern Zone of Tamil Nadu

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The study on integrated farming system (IFS) was conducted during 2011–2017 at Agricultural Research Station, Kovilpatti, to find out economic viability of IFS model by changing in crop(s) or cropping system and integrating different livestock enterprises. The IFS model consisted of five crops or cropping systems, viz. sorghum (K-8) + cowpea (Co-7) (1:1) (0.40 ha), maize [CoH (m)-6] + greengram (Co-6) (1:1) (0.15 ha), cotton (KC-3) + blackgram (UBN-6) (1:1) (0.60 ha), clusterbean (local variety) (0.15), fodder crops [sorghum (COFS 29), Deshmanthus (local variety)] (0.30 ha) with dairy (1 cow + 1 calf of Sindi breed) and goatery (10 does + 1 buck of kanni breed) components in 1.60 ha total area. The results indicated that the IFS model is good enough to provide sustained average net income of ` 137,712/ha and employment of 389 man days/year as compared to conventional cropping systems (CCS) which gave average negative net income of ` 644/ha during 6 years of investigation due to deficit of rainfall. Thus, it is concluded that farm productivity and profitability as well as employment generation could be sustained by integrating different enterprises, i.e. dairy and goatery along with modified cropping systems in Southern Zone of Tamil Nadu.

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The authors are thankful to Director, Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, India, and Vice Chancellor, TNAU, Coimbatore, for providing all the facilities and financial support for this study and the support for conducting field study and analysis.

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  1. Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute (TNAU), Aduthurai, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, India

    S. Elamathi & P. Anandhi

  2. KVK, Barnala, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

    Suryendra Singh

  3. Agricultural College and Research Institute (TNAU), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

    T. Rangaraj

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Significance Statement: Rainfed farming constitute 58% of net sown area contributes 44% of total food grain production, which supports 40% of human and 66% of livestock population. However, abnormal behaviour of rains with resource degradation and poor resource base of farmers in these areas are the main causes for low and unstable crop yields. IFS approach is good enough to provide sustained net income of ` 137712/ha with employment of 389 man days/year as compared to popular crops or cropping systems in Southern Zone of Tamil Nadu.

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Elamathi, S., Singh, S., Rangaraj, T. et al. Integrated Farming System Model for Sustained Farm Income and Employment Generation Under Rainfed Vertisol of Southern Zone of Tamil Nadu. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 44, 485–487 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-021-01059-6

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