Livelihood security of small holder farmers in eastern Himalayas, India: Pond based integrated farming system a sustainable approach
Farming in eastern Himalayan region of India is a high risk activity due to climatic uncertainty, lack of resources with small and marginal farmers and non-adoption of improved technologies. Pond based integrated farming system (IFS) is a whole farm approach aims at increasing production, employment...
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| author | Anup Das Debashis Datta Tanmay Samajdar Ramkrushna Gadhiji Idapuganti Mokidul Islam Burhan Uddin Choudhury Kamal Prasad Mohapatra Jayanta Layek Subhash Babu Gulab Singh Yadav |
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| description | Farming in eastern Himalayan region of India is a high risk activity due to climatic uncertainty, lack of resources with small and marginal farmers and non-adoption of improved technologies. Pond based integrated farming system (IFS) is a whole farm approach aims at increasing production, employment and income through integration of various farming enterprises (rice, vegetables, fruits, fish, pigs, poultry, goat and others) as per climate, social acceptability and market demand. Eleven farm pond based IFS models were evaluated in 150 farmers' field covering 22.5 ha area in South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, India during 2009–14 in a participatory approach. The individual farming system unit considered in present study was 0.15 ha. The study revealed that productivity and income of farmers under pond based IFS improved substantially over farmers' practice. The maximum rice equivalent yield (REY) was obtained under model 6 (pond + rice + vegetables + pig integration, 4.04 Mg) followed by model 8 (pond + vegetable + pig + fruit integration, 4.02 Mg) and the lowest was recorded under farmers' practice (rice + vegetables, 0.53 Mg). IFS model 6 (74.3 kg unit−1 year−1) followed by 8 (60.2 kg unit−1 year−1) had noticeably higher protein equivalent yields over rest of the models. The IFS model 6 emerged as the best model because of high net return (INR. 23,900 unit−1 year−1, 1$ = INR 67), employment generation (81 man-days unit−1 year−1) as well as higher productivity in terms of REY (4.04 Mg unit−1 year−1) whereas, farmers' practice registered low net return (INR. 4120 unit−1 year−1), employment (42 man-days unit−1 year−1) and productivity (0.61 Mg unit−1 year−1). The Sustainable Value Index and System Economic Efficiency of IFS models 6 and 8 were much higher than other models. The overall results revealed that pond based IFS has the potential to provide year round food, nutrition, employment opportunities and substantially increase income of resource poor rural house-holds of the study region in Eastern Himalayas, India. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-252da020a1494d289f491bb47eebc47b2022-12-21T18:13:25ZengElsevierCurrent Research in Environmental Sustainability2666-04902021-01-013100076Livelihood security of small holder farmers in eastern Himalayas, India: Pond based integrated farming system a sustainable approachAnup Das0Debashis Datta1Tanmay Samajdar2Ramkrushna Gadhiji Idapuganti3Mokidul Islam4Burhan Uddin Choudhury5Kamal Prasad Mohapatra6Jayanta Layek7Subhash Babu8Gulab Singh Yadav9ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) Research Complex for North Eastern Hill (NEH) Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, India; ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Tripura Centre, Lembucherra, India; Corresponding author at: ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) Research Complex for North Eastern Hill (NEH) Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, India.ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Tripura Centre, West Tripura, IndiaICAR- Central Research Institute of Jute & Allied Fibre, KVK, Barrackpore, West Bengal, IndiaICAR- Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, Maharashtra, IndiaICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, KVK, Ribhoi, Meghalaya, IndiaICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) Research Complex for North Eastern Hill (NEH) Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, IndiaICAR- National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, IndiaICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) Research Complex for North Eastern Hill (NEH) Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, IndiaICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, IndiaICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Tripura Centre, Lembucherra, IndiaFarming in eastern Himalayan region of India is a high risk activity due to climatic uncertainty, lack of resources with small and marginal farmers and non-adoption of improved technologies. Pond based integrated farming system (IFS) is a whole farm approach aims at increasing production, employment and income through integration of various farming enterprises (rice, vegetables, fruits, fish, pigs, poultry, goat and others) as per climate, social acceptability and market demand. Eleven farm pond based IFS models were evaluated in 150 farmers' field covering 22.5 ha area in South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, India during 2009–14 in a participatory approach. The individual farming system unit considered in present study was 0.15 ha. The study revealed that productivity and income of farmers under pond based IFS improved substantially over farmers' practice. The maximum rice equivalent yield (REY) was obtained under model 6 (pond + rice + vegetables + pig integration, 4.04 Mg) followed by model 8 (pond + vegetable + pig + fruit integration, 4.02 Mg) and the lowest was recorded under farmers' practice (rice + vegetables, 0.53 Mg). IFS model 6 (74.3 kg unit−1 year−1) followed by 8 (60.2 kg unit−1 year−1) had noticeably higher protein equivalent yields over rest of the models. The IFS model 6 emerged as the best model because of high net return (INR. 23,900 unit−1 year−1, 1$ = INR 67), employment generation (81 man-days unit−1 year−1) as well as higher productivity in terms of REY (4.04 Mg unit−1 year−1) whereas, farmers' practice registered low net return (INR. 4120 unit−1 year−1), employment (42 man-days unit−1 year−1) and productivity (0.61 Mg unit−1 year−1). The Sustainable Value Index and System Economic Efficiency of IFS models 6 and 8 were much higher than other models. The overall results revealed that pond based IFS has the potential to provide year round food, nutrition, employment opportunities and substantially increase income of resource poor rural house-holds of the study region in Eastern Himalayas, India.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666049021000529Integrated farming systemSustainable productionResilient farmingHill ecosystemBio-resource flow |
| spellingShingle | Anup Das Debashis Datta Tanmay Samajdar Ramkrushna Gadhiji Idapuganti Mokidul Islam Burhan Uddin Choudhury Kamal Prasad Mohapatra Jayanta Layek Subhash Babu Gulab Singh Yadav Livelihood security of small holder farmers in eastern Himalayas, India: Pond based integrated farming system a sustainable approach Current Research in Environmental Sustainability Integrated farming system Sustainable production Resilient farming Hill ecosystem Bio-resource flow |
| title | Livelihood security of small holder farmers in eastern Himalayas, India: Pond based integrated farming system a sustainable approach |
| title_full | Livelihood security of small holder farmers in eastern Himalayas, India: Pond based integrated farming system a sustainable approach |
| title_fullStr | Livelihood security of small holder farmers in eastern Himalayas, India: Pond based integrated farming system a sustainable approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Livelihood security of small holder farmers in eastern Himalayas, India: Pond based integrated farming system a sustainable approach |
| title_short | Livelihood security of small holder farmers in eastern Himalayas, India: Pond based integrated farming system a sustainable approach |
| title_sort | livelihood security of small holder farmers in eastern himalayas india pond based integrated farming system a sustainable approach |
| topic | Integrated farming system Sustainable production Resilient farming Hill ecosystem Bio-resource flow |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666049021000529 |
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