Diversification leading to co-dependency among the sub-components: An empirical study from Haryana Horo Aniketa1,*, Singh J. M.2 1Department of Agricultural Economics, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 2Department of Economics and Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab *Corresponding author email: vandana.horo@gmail.com
Online Published on 26 February, 2024. Abstract Dairy based farming system models are widely adopted in the whole country for ensuring regular flow of income along with supplementing the dietary requirements of the household. A farming system can be termed as an integrated farming system, if and only if, the component enterprises have a certain level of dependency on each other. Hence the present study was undertaken to assess the extent of co-dependency among crop + dairy (IFS-I), crop + dairy + mushroom (IFS-II) and crop + dairy + apiary (IFS-III) models in Haryana. A total of 100 respondents were randomly selected from the four districts, namely, Hisar, Karnal, Sonipat, and Kaithal. The results have suggested that there exists certain degree of linkage among the components of IFS models under study, and majority of the inputs were provided from within the system. It was evident from these three models that crop enterprise had stronger influence on dairy enterprise as it was providing feed and fodder to the livestock but in return weaker linkages were observed between dairy and crop enterprises as the farmers were shifting towards agrochemicals instead of using organic sources of manuring. Top Keywords Linkage, Leontief’s input-output model, Integrated farming system models. Top |