Diversified Farming System: The Answer to Achieve Triple Challenges of the Present day Indian Agriculture

The sustainability of conventional agriculture practice in India is under threat from the continuous degradation of land and water resources, and from declining yields due to indiscriminate use of agro-chemicals. Sustainable agriculture practice with less pressure on natural resources is necessary to achieve triple challenges of Indian agriculture, viz., sustainable productivity, nutritional security and poverty eradication. Diversified farming system (DFS) is one such option to achieve the triple challenges of agriculture. The results indicated that, DFS generated year round annual income with the benefit-cost ratio ranging from 2.93 to 4.23 with an annual employment generation of more than 400 man-days during the study period.