Book of Extended summaries ISDA

International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
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Integrated Farming for Food and Nutrition Security of Small Farmers
Besides Making the System Self-Reliant
B. Bhargavi 1* , Umakanta Behera 2 , Swarna Ronanki 3 , G Ravindra Chary 1 , H.B.
Santosh 1 , K.B. Sridhar 1 , B. Narsimlu 1 and V.K. Singh 1
1 ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad 500059, Telangana, India
2 College of Agriculture, Kyrdemkulai, CAU, Meghalaya 793103, India
3
ICAR- Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad 500030, Telangana, India
*bhargavi.bussa@icar.gov.in
The conventional monoculture practice without multi-disciplinary approach is unsustainable
in meeting the food and nutritional security as well as the livelihood of smallholders
(Mahapatra and Behera, 2011). Due to low purchasing capacity of small and marginal
farmers, it is difficult for them to maintain an optimum level of nutritive food intake, leaving
them undernourished. It is irony that farmers who supply the food are the poorest and most
hungry population group in developing countries. According to the estimates, 39% of the
total Indian population are undernourished with majority of them in rural areas (Rawal et al.,
2019). Integrated farming system provides nutrition security to a farmers’ family through the
production of diversified food commodities such as cereal, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables, fruits,
egg, milk, fish, meat etc. The higher returns from IFS were not only due to higher
productivity but also due to lower cost of production, as by-products of various components
are recycled within the system (Bhargavi and Behera 2020). In India, farming systems
research has been largely focused on enhancing production, productivity and profitability
without much emphasis on nutritional and energy outcomes. In this regard, this present study
Ecosystem based approaches for climate change adaptation, ecosystem services, integrated farming system
models, Land degradation neutrality
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