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Title: | Improving the Rainfed Farming Systems of Small and Marginal Farmers in Anantapur and Adilabad Districts of Andhra Pradesh |
Other Titles: | Improving Rainfed Farming Systems of Small and Marginal Farmers in Anantapur and Adilabad Districts of Andhra Pradesh |
Authors: | ICAR_CRIDA |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR_CRIDA |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2013 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Rainfed ,agriculture , predominant , arid, semi-arid , sub-humid, regions , country |
Publisher: | ICAR_CRIDA_NICRA |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | Rainfed agriculture is predominant in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid regions of the country. These regions are home to about 81% of rural poor in the country. At present, about 55% of the net sown area is rainfed contributing 40% of total food grain production and supports 2/3rd of the livestock population. Hence, rainfed agriculture has a crucial role to play in sustaining the economy and food security of India. Though, impressive gains were noted in some of the rainged crops in recent years, the gap between attainable and farmers’ yields still remains high. Small and marginal farmers who are the backbone of rainfed farming are resource poor and risk averse. In addition to the small holder dominance, rainfed agriculture also faces new challenges of climate variability. The farming systems approach is considered as important and relevant especially for the small and marginal farmers as location-specific integrated farming systems will be more resilient and adaptive to climate variability. The IFS approach also has the potential to overcome multifarious problems of farmers including resource degradation, declining resource use efficiency, farm productivity and profitability. Traditionally, farmers in rainfed regions practice crop-livestock mixed farming systems, which provide stability during drought years, minimize their risk and help them to cope with weather aberrations. However, these traditional systems are low productive and cannot ensure livelihood security now. Hence, it is imperative to improve the existing farming systems to enable adequate employment and income generation, especially for small and marginal farmers who constitute more than 80% of the farming community. Keeping in view the importance of farming systems approach for enhancing the productivity and profitability of rainfed farming systems, an attempt was made to improve the existing farming systems of small and marginal farmers in Anantapur and Adilabad districts of Andhra Pradesh. The results obtained from the study (2009- 2012) are presented in this bulletin. I hope the publication would be very useful to researchers, teachers and extension personnel working on integrated farming systems |
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ISSN: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Technical Report |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Not Available |
Volume No.: | Not Available |
Page Number: | Not Available |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Not Available |
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URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/31020 |
Appears in Collections: | NRM-CRIDA-Publication |
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Technical bulletin2012-13.pdf | 5.09 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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