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Subject: Agronomy × Author: SUTRADHAR, PRANJIT × End date: 2017 × Start date: 2015 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    IMPROVED FARMING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY INCLUSION INTO EXISTING FARMING SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
    (AAU, Jorhat, 2016-01) SUTRADHAR, PRANJIT; Baishya, Ajit
    A study was conducted during 2012–13 to 2014–15 in Silikha Sanatan village of Titabor Sub-division of Jorhat District of Assam to find out the productivity and profitability of the inclusion of improved farming systems in their existing farming systems especially effective for small and marginal farmers. Benchmark survey was carried out in the village and accordingly different types of existing farming systems were identified and their constraints were analyzed. Mono-cropping of rice was predominant practice in that area and small earthen aperture were treated as water reservoir which failed to meet the demand during Rabi period. In total, there were 54 (fifty four) numbers of farmers selected out of which most of them belong to the tribal community. According to their farm holding size and income, they were categorized into two groups- Resource constraint and Resource available. There were in total 12 (Twelve) existing farming systems identified and accordingly scientific interventions were made in their existing farming systems such as nutrient management on the basis of soil test value, multiple cropping and balanced feeding to live-stocks etc. In the year 2015, impacts were analyzed. Out of 12 farming systems among both the group of farmers, Module-V (Crop + Fishery + Duckery) was found to be very profitable with B:C ratio 2.80 followed by Module-II (Crop + Cattle + Poultry) with B:C ratio 2.64 which were practiced by resource constraint farmers. Besides, the final soil properties such as pH, organic carbon and nutrient status were improved over initial more particularly in case of the farmers growing greengram and blackgram in their cropping sequence. It can be concluded that, existing farming systems can be improved through scientific interventions and Module-V and Module-II can be suggested for resource available and resource constraint farmers which were found to be economically profitable and socially acceptable farming systems for the marginal farmers of the Silikha Sanatan Village of Titabar sub-division of Jorhat District.