Farming Systems: Issues and Strategies

Sunil Kumar, D. R. Palsaniya, T. Kiran Kumar, A.K.Dixit, M.M. Das and P.K. Ghosh

ISBN 10: 9385055887 / ISBN 13: 9789385055881

Published by Satish Serial Publishing House, 2017

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Contents: Preface. 1. Farming system research in India: an overview/U.K. Behera. 2. Sustaining Indian agriculture through IFS based diversification: issues and strategies/R.V. Kumar, H.V. Singh and D. Deb. 3. SWOT Analysis of farming system research in India/Sunil Kumar, G. Prabhu and P.K. Ghosh. 4. Enterprise selection in integrated farming systems: issues and strategies/D.R. Palsaniya. 5. Vegetable production strategies in IFS for profitability and nutritional security/Sunil Kumar and Vikas Kumar. 6. Vegetable production strategies in IFS for profitability and nutritional security/Sunil Kumar and Vikas Kumar. 6. Fodder production strategies for integrated farming system under irrigated conditions/T. Kiran Kumar, D.R. Palsaniya, A.K. Dixit, G. Prabhu and Manoj Chaudhary. 7. Fodder production strategies from perennial systems for IFS under rainfed conditions/S.N. Ram. 8. Forage production strategies in IFS to match with the farmer s resource base/Inder Dev, Asha Ram, Madhulika Srivastava, Mahendra Singh and Rupali Tiwari. 9. Integrated dairy farming system/B.P. Kushwaha and S.B. Maity. 10. Animal health and infertility management issues and strategies under integrated farming system/K.K. Singh and S.B. Maity. 11. Integrated goat production strategies for farming systems/S.K. Mahanta. 12. Poultry production and management under integrated farming system/Kalyan Sundar Das, S. Bindu Madhuri and N. Das. 13. Integrated fish production and management/M.M. Das, G.H. Pailan, S.B. Maity and K.K. Singh. 14. Integration and management of beekeeping in farming systems/N.K. Shah. 15. Quality seed production issues and strategies for integrated farming system (IFS)/D. Vijay, D.R. Malviya, A. Maity, C.K. Gupta nd V.K. Wasnik…. The present book is the outcome of valuable scientific contribution made by various scientists across the country. This book has comprehensive coverage of all the issues and strategies related to farming systems and is expected to provide valuable information for research scholars, undergraduate and post graduate students having farming systems course in their curriculum, guide to entrepreneurs, farming community and NGOs. This book contains thirty eight chapters with broad heads covering i) overview, issue and strategies of farming system research in India ii) IFS based crop diversification, enterprise selection and planning iii) food and fodder production strategies based on farmers resource base iv) Integrated resource management v) climate change, carbon sequestration and agroforestry strategies vi) watershed based approach, soil and moisture conservation strategies vii) IPM and weed management strategies in IFS viii) animal health, diary farming, integrated goat, poultry and fish management through waste recycling ix) post harvest management of crop residues x) Socio-economic issues and analysis. This book is expected to provide sound knowledge in scientific forum for formulating research plan sand policies in the country for making our agriculture sustainable.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Farming Systems: Issues and Strategies
• Publisher: Satish Serial Publishing House
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9385055887
• ISBN 13: 9789385055881
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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The present book is the outcome of valuable scientific contribution of made by various scientists across the country. This Book has comprehensive coverage of all the issues and strategies related to farming systems and is expected to provide valuable information for research scholars, undergraduate and post graduate students having farming systems course in their curriculum, guide to entrepreneurs, farming community and NGOs. This book contains thirty five chapters with broad heads covering i) Overview, issue and strategies of farming system research in India ii) IFS based crop diversification, enterprise selection and planning ii) Food and fodder production strategies based on farmers resource base iii) Integrated resource management iv) climate change, carbon sequestration and Agroforestry strategies v) watershed based approach, soil and moisture conservation strategies v) IPM and weed management strategies in IFS vi) animal health, dairy farming, integrated goat, poultry and fish management through waste recycling vii) post harvest management of crop residues viii) Socio-economic issues and analysis. This book is expected to provide sound knowledge in scientific forum for formulating research plans and policies in the country for making our agriculture sustainable