INTERGRATED FARMING

1. example

1.1. indonesia - rice, maize, vegetables

1.2. thailand - maize, rice, cassava, dairy production

1.3. peru - maize, fruits, beans, pasture, dairy

1.4. china - snakehead fish, paddy field

2. advantages

2.1. productivity

2.2. profitability

2.3. increasing input efficiency

2.4. agro-industries

2.5. employment generation

2.6. solving fuel and timber crisis

2.7. meeting fodder crisis

2.8. saving enerygy

2.9. adoption of new technology

2.10. income round the year

2.11. recycling

2.12. environmental safety

2.13. balanced food

2.14. potentiality or sustainability

3. sustainable

3.1. use of external input is minimized by enhancing the recycling of material within the farm system.

3.2. good skills in the identification of pests,weeds, diseases and crop disorders.

3.3. crop protection management plan, to be revised based on experience.

3.4. regular evaluation and improvement : continuous provision of information and training.

3.5. disease prevention and treatment including responsible use of medicine for animals .

4. definition

4.1. whole farm management system, which enables the farmers to identify opportunities and threats

5. types

5.1. crop-live stock farming system

5.2. crop-live stock-fishery farming system

5.3. crop-poultry-fishery-mushroom farming

5.4. agri-silvi-horticulture system

5.5. crop-live stock-forestry farming system

5.6. crop-livestock-fishery-vermicomposting farming

5.7. crop-fishery-poultry farming system

5.8. agri-horti-silvi-pastoral

5.9. home garden agro-forestry

5.10. crop-live stock-poultry-fishery farming