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PROFILE CHARACTERISTICS, INVENTORY OF THE CROP SPECIES AND FARMING MECHANISMS IN HOMESTEAD FARMING OF KERALA FOR AGROBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
Homestead farming is a traditional practice of multiple and mixed cropping in small holdings in Kerala. Home gardens are an integral part of the livelihood systems, and could contribute to the family food, income and the conservation of biodiversity. Home garden is one of the components of agro biod...
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| Formatua: | Printed Book |
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ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
2013
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/006175.pdf |
| Gaia: | Homestead farming is a traditional practice of multiple and mixed cropping in small holdings in
Kerala. Home gardens are an integral part of the livelihood systems, and could contribute to the
family food, income and the conservation of biodiversity. Home garden is one of the components
of agro biodiversity. This study was undertaken in Thrissur district of Kerala. From three
panchayats 15 homesteads were selected purposively based on elevation making a total sample
size of 45. The results of the study indicates that majority of them were aged category, has high
category in terms of education, monthly income and farming experience and had low level of
innovativeness, where as majority of the seek information from news paper in case of mass
media and small family size of below four members. Regarding inventory of crop Inventory of
crop and other plants was prepared for 45 homesteads and divided into different categories with
the percentage occurrence of each crop. It was noted that 100 per cent occurrence is obtained for
coconut crop. Regarding farming mechanisms crop rotation (90 per cent) is the main important
farming mechanism for agro-biodiversity conservation. The home garden agro ecosystem is an
important area for effectively implementing programmes geared towards biodiversity
conservation, food security and sustainable development. |
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| Deskribapen fisikoa: | Vol.3 (11), November (2013) |