Impact of farming system diversification at farmers' field under All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Integrated Farming Systems

Abstract

To cope up with increasing food demand of the nation, adaption of integrated farming system approach instead of single cropping can be highly beneficial under Indian farming conditions. A fairly extensive programme on farmers’ field is in operation under All India Coordinated Research Project on Integrated Farming Systems (AICRP on IFS) located at ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming System Research (ICAR-IIFSR), Modipuram. Studying the impact of farming system diversification at farmers’ field is one of the main objectives of this programme. For comparing existing and diversified data, paired t-test has been carried out for all the centres for 2015-16 data. It has been observed that diversifications made in farming system approach have brought in huge impact in the production and income for small and marginal farmers.