1Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Padanakkad, KAU, Kerala
2Ph.D. Research Scholar, Division of Agricultural Extension, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
3Senior Scientist, Dairy Extension Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana
4Ph.D. Research Scholar, Dairy Extension Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana
*Corresponding author email id: vaniagri93@gmail.com
Online Published on 18 March, 2024.
Integrated farming system is considered as a viable option to ensure financial as well as food security for the farm families. For maintaining the profitability and productivity of adopted components, various technologies are needed to be adopted in an IFS unit. An attempt was made among the IFS units of Kerala to identify various technological needs for maintaining different components in a unit. The study was conducted in 180 IFS units of Kerala. Technological needs were analyzed for various components separately. In general, IFS farmers perceived the need for value addition technologies more when compared with production technologies. In case of value addition, more need was reported for processing technologies, followed by product diversification and storage.
Components, Farming systems, Integrated, Technological needs
