Horticulture Based Integrated Farming System

Farming System-scope, importance, concept and factors affecting types of farming system. Farming system components and their maintenance. Evolution and diversity of farming systems; Stone age survival to swidden farming, Nomadic pastoralism and agro-pastoralism in warm and cold deserts of India. Horticulture crop based livestock farming, subsistent livelihoods in rain- fed areas of India. Industrial and semi-industrial agriculture- agro-enterprises, agribusiness systems, their produce for marketing grains, vegetables, fruits, flowers, fibre crops, medicinal and aromatic plants. Value addition for income enhancement. Integrated farming system- objectives, characteristics and its advantages and disadvantages. Site specific development of IFS model for different agro-climatic zones, resource use efficiency and optimization techniques in relation to horticulture crops. Resource cycling and flow of energy in different horticulture- based farming system and environment. Sustainable livelihood horticulture- problems and its impact on horticulture. Indicators of soil health and environment for horticulture- based IFS. Vertical farming definition, their scope and objectives; multilayer farming, hydroponics, aeroponics-their definition, requirements, advantages, disadvantages and opportunities; Site specific horticulture- based IFS models; horticulture and vegetable intercropping systems; high density plantation; bankable IFS models; rooftop farming; Farm typology. Visit of horticulture based IFS model in different agro-climatic zones of nearby states University/ institutes and farmers’ field.