Course Content
Introduction , system and system approach in Agriculture , concept of Agricultural system and farming system.
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Introduction
Types of the system
PROPERTIES OF SYSTEM
ELEMENTS OF SYSTEM
SYSTEM APPROACH
Different system Approach
Agriculture and farming System
Principles of farming system
Components of Nepalese farming system
Enterprises of farming system
Determinants of farming system in the hills and low lands of Nepal
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Introduction
Climatic factors
Edaphic factors
Socioeconomic factors
Management factors
Hill and lowland farming systems in Nepal
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Agroecological Zones in Nepal
Concept of Cropping System
Types of cropping system
CLASSIFICATION OF FARMING SYSTEM
Based on components or enterprises
Based on land area used
Based on degree of commercialization
Based on the ownership of land
Other types of farming
Characteristics of Nepalese farming system
Components of major farming system
Opportunity of Nepalese farming systems
Limitations of Nepalese farming systems
Farming system Research (FSR)
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Farming system Research (FSR)
Characteristics of FSR
Farming system Research Approach:
Farming system research methodology
Agricultural Sustainability
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Sustainable Agriculture
Why sustainable Agriculture?
Evolution of sustainable Agriculture
Traditional farming system
Low External Input Agriculture (LEIA) and natural resources
High External Input Agriculture (HEIA) and Environment
Low External Input sustainable Agriculture (LEISA)
Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture or Forms/Types/Models of Ecological Agriculture
Different Agriculture farming
Keys to sustainable Agriculture
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Ecological principles and practices
Biodiversity for Sustainable Agriculture
Dryland and rainfed farming
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Characteristics (problems) of dryland farming system
Crop Production in dryland farming
Crop management practices
Crop production in rainfed farming (Lowland/ Submergence condition)
Crop management practices
CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE
Indigeneous knowledge and sustainable agriculture
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Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainable Agriculture
Indigenous Traditional practices in Nepalese farming system
Common practices in Indigenous Traditional practices in Nepalese farming system
Learn Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture with Rahul

Based on components or enterprises:

  1. Specialized farming :

a) Arable farming :

  • are crop based farming system.
  • Eg: Rice-wheat based in terai region , Maize based in hilly and mountain region

 

b) Pastoral farming:

  • are animal based farming system
  • Dairy /poultry based in terai , Goat based in hilly region , Sheep/changrya/yak/ based in high mountains

 

  1. Diversified farming

a) Mixed farming :

  • Combination of two or more enterprises independently at the same time
  • Less profitable and Less sustainable system
  • Eg : Dairy + fishery , Dairy + poultry

 

b) Integrated farming system :

  • Combination of two or more interdependent enterprises at the same time.
  • More profitable and more sustainable system
  • Eg : Fish + banana+papayo+pineapple , Crop + Cattle + Mushroom
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