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International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
was taken up to develop an IFS model that can ensure food and nutritional security for small
land holders.
Methodology
This study was carried out during 2015-18 at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi on IFS encompassing
crops (maize, pea, mustard, green gram, cotton, wheat, bottle gourd, onion and okra), dairy,
fishery, duckery, poultry, biogas plant, fruit trees and agro-forestry on 1.0 ha area. Five
cropping systems i.e., maize – pea – okra, maize – mustard – green gram, cotton – wheat,
bottle gourd – onion and okra – wheat were taken up on 0.625 ha. Dairy unit with three
crossbred cows (2 Holstein Friesian and 1 Jersey) was maintained. A biogas plant of Khadi
and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) model of 2 m 3 capacity was established beside
the dairy. Fisheries component was introduced through a fish pond covering an area of 1000
m 2 with 50 m length, 20 m width and 2 m depth. Composite pisciculture was practiced with
four species viz., catla (Catla catla), rohu (Labeo rohita), mrigal (Cirrhinus mrigala) and
grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) of different feeding habits were stocked together in
ratio of 3:4:3:2. A low cost poultry house has been constructed on the fish pond in which
poultry birds of Aseel- 12, Kadaknath-14, Ankleswar-12, and Nikobari-12 were reared.
Thirty-five ducklings (8 months old) of Khaki Campbell breed, were brought into the duck
house. Ducks range and remain in the fish pond during the day time and shelter in the shed at
night. Thirty-seven Kinnow (Citrus reticulata), 30 lemon (Citrus limon), 15 banana (Musa
paradisiaca) plants were grown all along the farm boundary with 4 m spacing between
plants. Ten guava (Psidium guajava) and 10 mango (Mangifera indica) and 21 moringa
(Moringa oleifera) trees were planted on the fish pond dyke for fruit production. Entire 1.0 ha
farm was protected with barbed wire fence. The country bean (Lablab purpureus) and
Spinach (Basella rubra) were raised along the fence.
Results
According to the dietary guidelines for Indians (NIN, ICMR, 2011), a balanced diet of a
small family with 2 adults and 3 children daily needs 1450 g of cereals, 300 g of pulses, 1600
g of vegetable, 2100 ml of milk and 500 g of fruits. In the present study IFS produced diverse
food products i.e., 2 cereals (wheat, maize); 2 pulses (green gram, pea); 1 oilseed (mustard); 1
fibre crop (cotton); 6 vegetables (okra, onion, bottle gourd, brinjal, spinach, bean); 5 fruits
(guava (Psidium guajava), mango (Mangifera indica), mandarin (Citrus reticulate), acid lime
(Citrus limon), banana (Musa paradisiaca). Annual milk yield from 3 dairy cows was 11553
litres, with 30 litres production per day. From the small duckery unit 5059 eggs (14 eggs/day)
were produced from 12,168 duck days in a year with an average egg production of 41.6 % of
the total duck days. A total of 2805 eggs were produced from poultry unit annually from
13046 hen days with an average egg production of 21.5% of the total hen days. A total of
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