is there any possibility for integrated farming at your home?
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Integrated farming (also known as mixed farming) is a farming system with simultaneous activities involving crop and animal. The main purpose of integrated farming is so that the farming components support one another; hence, reducing external inputs.
Integrated Farming - UNI 11233-2009 new European agriculture organic standard (IF), integrated production or Integrated Farm Management is a whole farm management system which aims to deliver more sustainable agriculture. ... In simple words, it means using many ways of cultivation in a small space or land.
It can include combinations such as Fish-Duck Integrated farming, Livestock-Fish Integrated farming (explained above), Cattle-Fish Integrated farming, Polutry-Fish Integrated farming, livestock-honeybee integrated farming etc.
Mixed farming systems or integrated farming produce both crops and animals on one farm. This farming system permits wider crop rotations and thus reduces dependence on chemicals, allowing diversification for better risk management.
Agri based systems include Rice-fish integration, Horticulture-fish system, Mushroom-fish system and Sericulture-fish system Livestock-fish system includes Cattle-fish system, Pig-fish system, Poultry-fish system, Duck-fish system, Goat-fish system, Rabbit-fish system etc