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A Study on Integrated Farming at Farming System Research and Development (fsrd) Site, Narikeli, Jamalpur

M.A. Awal
Scientific Officer (Agricultural Economics)
RARS, Rahmatpur, Barisal

S.R. Saha
Senior Scientific Officer (Horticulture)
BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur

B. L. Nag
Senor Scientific Officer (Agronomy)
RARS, Jessore

M. S. Rahman
Scientific Officer (Agronomy)
OFRD, RARS, Jamalpur, Bangladesh

M.R. Ali
Scientific Officer (Agronomy)
OFRD, RARS, Jamalpur, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A study on Integrated Farming System Research and Development was conducted from 1999 to 2002 with ten farmers at the Farming System Research and Development Site, Narikeli, Jamalpur with a view to developing a sustainable integrated farming module having the holistic characteristics with interactions among the components. Appropriate sets of technologies were intervened replacing the inferior ones in all sectors of farming like, crop, livestock, fisheries and homestead production systems. The issue of sustainability of the systems was analysed in the context of cash income, nutrition, employment, resource use pattern, technical know how, micro environment, adoption of innovation and social status etc. It was observed that after intervention of technologies the farmers earned net benefit from crop, homestead, livestock, and fisheries @ 59%, 677%, 20I % and I14%, respectively and off-farm 46% than that of the pre-intervention situation. The average net return increased I 13% and average net income increased I 18% over pre-intervention period. The trend of Marginal Benefit Cost Ratio (MBCR) of ten integrated farmers indicated that the intervened technologies were superior to farmers' existing practices.

Keywords: Integrated farming, Resource mobilization, Holistic approach

Location: Narikeli, Jamalpur district.

Start Date: 00-00-1999

End Date: 00-00-2002

Program Area: Farming System

Non-commodity: Social status

Objectives:

i) To determine the effect of integrated farming.

ii) To utilize available farm resource in a better way.

iii) To intervent all development of a farm family.

Methodology:

As the effort of packaging and testing technologies for developing integrated farming practices for highly complex and subsistence livelihood system in whole farm perspective is new. There is no recommended methodology for such studies. Therefore, a 5-step new methodology was developed through an evolutionary process of trial and error over a long period. A comprehensive list of all packages of recommended technologies of crops, livestock, fisheries and other components of farming system for specific location/ environment was prepared to help selection of appropriate technology for intervention. The co-operator farmers represented the landless, small and marginal with farming as the major profession. Farmers having major components of farming and sizable homestead under single ownership were selected at each farm. The pre-intervention status of the selected farms was evaluated through case studies/surveys. In the process, the existing farm resources, assets, liabilities, present use of resources, existing farming practices and technologies used, level of input use and outputs obtained, performances of different enterprises, farm income and expenditure status etc. were assessed for each farm. Based on the pre-intervention status, the system performance was analyzed in the context of existing bio-physical and socio-economic environments of the farm and the constraints and potentials were also identified. To ensure maximum utilization of available farm resources, ultimate use of one new package of technologies for different enterprises of all components of farm was identified and finally selected on the basis of farmers' option. The number of new technologies/ practices introduced for intervention of different sub- systems varied from farm to farm depending on farmers' option and adoption potentials of the technologies. It is observed that some of the farmers earlier practices were retained while some new practices replaced the traditional practiced. To use the unutilized resources/opportunities, a large number of new practices were also introduced. After finalizing the proposed interventions the farmers were motivated through all possible ways to utilize their own resources to adopt the interventions. However, in implementing some new technologies, a few critical inputs were provided free of cost or on credit. Throughout the entire period of implementation, regular technical support was provided on as and when necessary basis and the performance of different interventions were monitored regularly and necessary data were collected directly using standard methods.

Source of Information: Progress. Agric. 3 (I & 2) : 197-209, 2002; ISSN 1017-8139

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Achievement/Findings:

In integrated farming system (lFS) farmers utilized kitchen waste, manure, crop residues, animal waste, poultry litter, cowdung etc to produce compost and put it in their farms. It ultimately helped to improve soil fertility and moisture conservation and thereby crop production. As a result, environmental pollution is reduced significantly and attains sustainable agriculture production. The integrated farming provides flow of cash to the farmers round the year from different enterprises. The farmers followed modern packages which of production and preservation technologies, which is holistic approach in ameliorating their socio-economic conditions.

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