1.3 Integrated Farming

• Meaning of integrated farming.
• Components of an integrated farming system: fish rearing, rabbit keeping, poultry keeping and vegetable production.
• Sketching a plan of an integrated farming system.
• Making a model of an integrated farming system.

• explain the meaning of integrated farming in crop and animal production
• identify the components of an integrated farming system
• sketch a plan of an integrated farming system
• make a model of an integrated farming system
• appreciate integrated farming as a way of conserving resources

“How can integrated farming conserve resources?”

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1. What integrated farming is
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   Four enterprises on one plot, joined so that each one feeds another.
2. What integration saves
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   Land, water, feed, fertiliser, labour, money, and the risk of losing everything.
3. The four components
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   Fish, rabbits, poultry and vegetables: what each gives and what each takes.
4. The fish pond
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   The water store, the nutrient store, and the lowest point on the plot.
5. The rabbit hutch
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   A slatted floor keeps the rabbits clean and puts the manure where it can be used.
6. The poultry unit
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   A manure works, a pest control and an income, all from the same birds.
7. The vegetable beds
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   Fed by three components, and feeding two of them in return.
8. Where everything actually goes
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   Every waste converges on the beds, and the beds send feed back out.
9. Siting the parts
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   Let the slope carry the manure and the water for you.
10. Sketching the plan
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    Scale, north arrow, key, and the paths a person actually walks.
11. Making the model
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    Local materials, an honest slope, and every flow labelled.
12. Integrated farming: the whole picture
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    On a small plot, the waste of one enterprise is the cheapest input of the next.