Rice-based integrated farming systems for doubling of farm income in Eastern India

Abstract

The realisation of low farm income from the farming sector invariably caused agrarian distress among farming communities caused economic and social problems poses detrimental effects on agricultural farming. Suitable integration of rice farming with other crops, fish, livestock and agroforestry components and up scaling with newer varieties of cash crops etc. (i.e. riceornamental fish, crop-livestock-agroforestry, multitier farming, rice-fish-duck and rice-fish-azolladuck integrated farming etc.) can create an opportunity for strengthening the farm productivity and income, which can fulfil the target of doubling the farmer’s income. The system provides production sustainability with nutritional, economic, employment and environmental security for Indian small and marginal farmers.