Integrated Farming System Research for Sustainability and Livelihood Security of Farmers in Scarcity Zone of Maharashtra

Farming system is a resource management strategy to avail maximum efficiency of a particular system. The economics of all the four components, viz. crop production, horticulture, livestock (animal, goat and poultry) and border plantation was studied during the 5-year period 2009–10 to 2013–14 by conducing farm experiment at Mulegaon research farm, Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Solapur (affiliated to MPKV, Rahuri). The data on cost of cultivation of farming system were recorded by day-to-day observations. The information on livestock maintenance was recorded and maintenance cost was worked out. Based on this information, the cost of cultivation productivity and economic returns were estimated. The results of on-farm integrated farming system model have shown that expenditure, income, and net profit were 75398, 117332, and 41934 and B:C ration was 1.55.