Enhancing farm profitability and sustainability through integrated farming systems: A case study of coastal Karnataka, India

Bhat, Shripad; Kumar, Dinesh; Paramesh, Venkatesh; Kumar, Parveen; Ravishankar, N.; Kumar, Sunil; Kashyap, Poonam; Arunachalam, V.

doi:10.1016/j.farsys.2023.100052

Cited by 2 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 31 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…IFS may also include the development of renewable energy sources like solar panels or wind turbines to generate on-farm energy, thereby reducing dependence on conventional energy grids. Bhat et al (2023) stated that IFS utilizes significantly higher direct and renewable energy while minimizing the use of indirect and non-renewable energy, resulting in higher energy output, net energy, energy use efficiency, and energy profitability as compared to solo arecanut farming. Paramesh et al (2019) also revealed that the integration of different components significantly exhibits higher energy efficiency and profitability, driven by significant energy savings in the crop component that offsets the lower energy balance in financially rewarding dairy and fish systems.…”

Section: The Non-tangible Benefits Of An Ifsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The integrated farming system is an environmentally friendly and cost‐effective approach to the sustainability of agri‐food systems in the modern era of the changing climate: A comprehensive review

Bhagat,

Walia,

Sharma

et al. 2024

Food and Energy Security

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The integrated farming system (IFS) is a holistic farming approach specially designed for small/marginal farmers to enhance the system productivity, profitability, and employment generation of their farm, ultimately ensuring their food and nutrition security for their livelihood. The mechanism of IFS offers various ecosystem services making farms environment‐friendly, sustainable, and climate‐resilient. IFS is characterized by the allocation of different agricultural components systematically in a single farm performing synergistically among themselves making the farm more productive, healthy, biodiversity enriched, and eco‐friendly than simplified farms. Therefore, this review paper represents an extensive analysis of existing literature on IFS exploring its concept, components, and need, and emphasizing its potential for higher system productivity, profitability, and employment generation in a sustainable manner. Moreover, it develops a conceptualization of the relationship among different agricultural components in a single farm exploring its role in ecosystem services (reducing greenhouse gases, carbon sequestration, nutrient recycling, improving soil health, and biodiversity conservation).

show abstract

Section: The Non-tangible Benefits Of An Ifsmentioning

confidence: 99%