Ganga Ankad Key factor for successful farming is the integration of several enterprises. When integrated applying the principles of recycling, even a small piece of land can...
Integrated Fish Farming – Adding value to the traditional subsistence based farming system
Integration of various components on the farm not only results in better resource management but also leads to increased farm production, income and productive employment....
Sustaining farm ecology and economy by integrating livestock
Making the most of the natural ecological processes, often results in sustainability. Simple practices like integrating livestock and farming, makes both activities beneficial....
Crop planning – A tool for climate resilient food system
Crop production is highly location specific and depends on a number of factors like climate, natural resources, access to inputs, knowledge etc. Farm level crop planning goes a...
The Narayana Reddy Column – Green farming
When I was a young man, an elderly person in my village used to tell often, that your bank account will be written in red ink if you do not practice polyculture in your...
Expanding the web of agro-eco system
With monocropping, mechanization and modernization, agriculture has moved away from being a family based profession. Farmers in Kanyakumari district have proved that agriculture...
Integrated Farming: An approach to boost up family farming
Sustainable Integrated Farming Systems (SIFS) is a system which focuses on increasing farm productivity by increasing diversification, resource integration and creating market...
The Narayana Reddy Column – Biodiverse farms are sustainable farms
I very well remember my father, who could produce food enough to feed his 94 member family from 30 acres of rainfed farm and 5 acre irrigated garden. He used to grow 5 varieties...
Bio-diverse integrated farms: Means for reducing rural poverty
Farmers of fragile agro-ecosystems have developed some unique integrated farming systems, to make their farms more resilient to factors like changing climatic conditions,...