Technological needs of various components in the integrated farming systems of Kerala Chandran Vani1,*, Saurav Subhash Kumar2, Chakravarty Ritu3, Ashok Kalla4 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. Abstract 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. Top Keywords Components, Farming systems, Integrated, Technological needs. Top |