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Innovative Farming Systems for Self-Reliance of Farmers in Eastern India
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Malik, M. S. Ghosh, P. K. Rai, Pinaky Kumari, Nikita Minz, Christina |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | In India the economy is based on rural and agrarian and decline with land holding area poses a serious challenge to the sustainability and profitability of farming. In view of the decline in per capita availability of land from 0.5 ha in 1950-51 to 0.15 ha by the turn of the century and a projected further decline to less than 0.1 ha by 2020, it is imperative to develop strategies and innovate new agricultural technologies that enable adequate employment and income generation, especially for small and marginal farmers who constitute more than 80% of the farming community. The crop and cropping system based perspective of research needs to make way for farming systems based research conducted in a holistic manner for the sound management of available resources by small farmers (Jha, 2003). Under the gradual shrinking of land holdings, it is necessary to integrate land based enterprises like fishery, poultry, duckery, apiary, field and horticultural crops, etc. within the bio-physical and socio-economic environment of the farmers to make farming more profitable and dependable (Behera et al., 2004). No single farm enterprise is likely to be able to sustain the small and marginal farmers without resorting to integrated farming systems (IFS) for the generation of adequate income and gainful employment year-round (Mahapatra, 1992; 1994). Farming systems approach, therefore, is a valuable approach to address the problems of sustainable economic growth for the farming communities in India. Book Name: Innovations in Agriculture for a Self-Reliant India |
| Related Links | https://api.taylorfrancis.com/content/chapters/edit/download?identifierName=doi&identifierValue=10.1201/9781003245384-23&type=chapterpdf |
| Ending Page | 370 |
| Page Count | 18 |
| Starting Page | 353 |
| DOI | 10.1201/9781003245384-23 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2021-11-29 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Innovations in Agriculture for a Self-reliant India Farmers Farming Systems Decline Cropping Sustainable Develop Strategies |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
