Integrated farming system (IFS) ensures efficient utilization of available farm resources, increases productivity and income, essential for sustainable livelihood of small and marginal farmers. In Integrated farming system, agriculture can be integrated with livestock, poultry and fish are maintained at same place to generate employment and also get additional Income. Under IFS, various enterprises having lower dependency on severe weather circumstances, the farmer is comparatively on safer side as far as the adversities of crop losses are concerned There are many advantages to integrated farming systems (IFS), such as a more efficient use of farm resources and an eco-friendlier strategy to farming. In Integrated Farming System wastes or by-products from each subsystem are used as inputs to other subsystems to improve the productivity and lower the cost of production of the outputs of the various subsystems. Integrated farming systems seems to be the possible solution to continuous increase of demand for food and nutrition, income stability and livelihood upliftment particularly for small and marginal farmers with little resources. There are different components involved in different IFS Model. As the number of components increases in different model, the net profit margin also increases which in turn leads to better management of environmental pollution.
