Field experiments were conducted at the Department of Agronomy, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during 1988-1993 to study the economics of integrated farming system in 1.0 ha area of dryland. The treatments includes cropping viz., sorghum + cowpea - grain, sorghum + cowpea - fodder, Leucaena leucocephala + Cenchrus ciliaris tree and grass fodder, Acacia senegal tree fodder, and Prosopis cineraria tree fodder. The animal component include 5 female goat and I male goat during the first year. This system was compared with conventional cropping system sorghum + cowpea - grain. The results of the study revealed that an additional net income of Rs.3754 ha yr can be obtained under integrated farming system over conventional cropping system. It also generated additional employment of 113 man days ha-1 Yr-1.
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