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Abstract

The operational farm holding in India is declining and over 85 million out of 105 million are below the size of 1 ha. Due to ever increasing population and decline in per capita availability of land in the country, practically there is no scope for horizontal expansion of land for agriculture. Only vertical expansion is possible by integrating farming components requiring lesser space and time and ensuring reasonable returns to farm families. The Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) therefore assumes greater importance for sound management of farm resources to enhance the farm productivity and reduce the environmental degradation, improve the quality of life of resource poor farmers and maintain sustainability. The IFS will be powerful tool in achieving livelihood security of farmers

 

Keywords: Farm Holding; IFS; Livelihood Security. 

Corresponding Author : Vijaymahantesh, Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, Directorate of Extension, University of Horticultural Sciences, Udyanagiri Navanagar, Bagalkot587104, Karnataka, India