National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Visakhapatnam district has two distinct geographical sub divisions covering 32 mandals under Plain division and 11 mandals under agency division. The district 4.56 lakh farmers, They are predominantly small, Marginal farmers covering 95% of the total farming community of the district. With limited farm holdings these marginal and small farmers are bund to adopt Integrated Farming Systems approach to get sustained income to support their families. Visakhapatnam dt has 8 different farming situations covering 3 lakh hectares of total area. In the present study it was observed several integrated farming systems adopted by the farmers based on the resources available under different farming situations. Nearly 60 different systems were analysed, Prioritized and ranked based on their B:C ratio under 6 major farming situations. Top 3 farming systems from each of 6 farming situations were prioritized and Picked up and coming to a total 18 farming systems. These farming systems predominantly having major field crops, Vegetable crops, Dairy and Poultry as combination of components. These 18 farming systems were further analyzed and found that 1. Sugarcane +Groundnut+Tomato 2. Paddy +Groundnut falling under Tank fed Red sand soils farming systems model ranks 1st & 3rd respectively and Tomato+Ridge gourd+Dairy falling under Bore well based Red Sandy loams farming systems model ranks 2nd .as per B:C ratio. From the above study, it was observed that Under Rain fed situations more diversified crops are adopted compared to canal fed system. Paddy or Sugarcane based system mostly has includes Dairy as one of the components and which is mostly found profitable and enhances overall profitability of the system. Under Rain fed system due to lack of assured irrigation, the farmers are adopting combination of vegetable crops like leafy vegetables, vegetables which are completed in a short duration. The evolved successful IFS models across the major farming systems are to be preserved to provide sustainable in situ livelihoods to the farming communities spreading in remote corners of the district.
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