Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture 1(1+0)
Content
Theory- Farming System-scope, importance, and concept, Types and systems of farming system and factors affecting types of farming,
- Farming system components and their maintenance,
- Cropping system and pattern, multiple cropping system,
- Efficient cropping system and their evaluation,
- Allied enterprises and their importance,
- Tools for determining production and efficiencies in cropping and farming system
- Sustainable agriculture - problems and its impact on agriculture, indicators of sustainability, adaptation and mitigation,
- Conservation agriculture strategies in agriculture,
- HEIA, LEIA and LEISA and its techniques for sustainability,
- Integrated farming system-historical background, objectives and characteristics, components of IFS and its advantages,
- Site specific development of IFS model for different agro-climatic zones, resource use efficiency and optimization techniques,
- Resource cycling and flow of energy in different farming system, farming system and environment,
- Visit of IFS model in different agro-climatic zones of nearby states University/ institutes and farmers field.
