Happy to share some of my experiences around the topic. The first one is about the most popular integrated farming model i.e. Coconut based agroforestry in coastal Odisha...here, farmers use to cultivate paddy straw (in kharif)and dhingri (winter season mushroom) mushroom between two rows of coconut plants. This is the most common and popular farming system in coastal Odisha especially in Puri district. This can be an adaptation and mitigation tool in context of climate change.
Besides, farmers in Dhenkanal area have shown interest in popularizing the off season mushroom cultivation under Bamboo based poly houses which seems to be farmer's friendly and economically feasible (normal size costs around 15000-20,000).
Above all the practice of raising Babul (Acacia nilotica) trees along the farm boundary with paddy as the intercrop has enabled the farmers in increasing the production and productivity as well as ensuring nutritional security of livestock which has a lot to do with nutritional security of human beings as well.
You all may well aware of kitchen garden and nutritional garden concept. In Odisha it is most common and you will find it in almost all villages or rural households. The plot is called as "Bari" in local language and mostly comprises of 3-4 tiers (Silvicultural trees, Horticultural/Fruit Trees/, Shrubs, Seasonal vegetables or greens). This has tremendous potential to fill up the vacuum of food and nutritional security of human beings and livestock at the household level.
Hi everyone,
Happy to share some of my experiences around the topic. The first one is about the most popular integrated farming model i.e. Coconut based agroforestry in coastal Odisha...here, farmers use to cultivate paddy straw (in kharif)and dhingri (winter season mushroom) mushroom between two rows of coconut plants. This is the most common and popular farming system in coastal Odisha especially in Puri district. This can be an adaptation and mitigation tool in context of climate change.
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Besides, farmers in Dhenkanal area have shown interest in popularizing the off season mushroom cultivation under Bamboo based poly houses which seems to be farmer's friendly and economically feasible (normal size costs around 15000-20,000).
Above all the practice of raising Babul (Acacia nilotica) trees along the farm boundary with paddy as the intercrop has enabled the farmers in increasing the production and productivity as well as ensuring nutritional security of livestock which has a lot to do with nutritional security of human beings as well.
You all may well aware of kitchen garden and nutritional garden concept. In Odisha it is most common and you will find it in almost all villages or rural households. The plot is called as "Bari" in local language and mostly comprises of 3-4 tiers (Silvicultural trees, Horticultural/Fruit Trees/, Shrubs, Seasonal vegetables or greens). This has tremendous potential to fill up the vacuum of food and nutritional security of human beings and livestock at the household level.