An overview on integrated farming system

Abstract

In terms of geography and time, Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) and methods of thinking about them have developed. Crop and livestock outputs rose in the past two decades, bringing with them worries about their socio-economic and ecological tradeoffs. A solution to issues emerging from a primarily reductionist approach to research and a cornucopian perspective of external inputs was the application of farming systems research (FSR) to agricultural development. Modern technology was either unwelcomed or resulted in unintended negative consequences. This article examines FSR definitions and forms, as well as the necessity for change in agricultural development thought. The use of thermodynamic theory (TDT) in the study of agricultural systems has an impact on debates between cornucopians and environmentalists, as well as between reductionist and holistic research methods. There is a need to identify context (technology appropriateness), pay greater attention to relationships within systems (system dynamics), and define sustainability standards. The article connects biophysical and socioeconomic processes, provides a physical context for anthropomorphic waste ideas, and compares and contrasts objectivism and constructivism. It is claimed that FSR can only progress if all of these problems are taken into account when thinking about IFS development. Because of the complexity of reality, scientists should think more thoroughly about the best approach for lifting people out of poverty. Replicas of the well-known Bangladesh Grameen Bank micro-credit initiatives conducted throughout Asia indicate that there is ideal developments for farm families in the subcontinent to which even the impoverished aspire. Poor women invest in little animals as a result of this experience, and the household gradually rises out of poverty. Research on local resources to meet the needs of these individuals is a huge and unmet issue.