<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Technology, infrastructure and enterprise trade-off: Strengthening smallholder farming systems in Tamil Nadu State of India for sustainable income and food security"^^ . "The complexities of smallholder farming systems pose a challenge in demonstrating the potential benefits or risks of new\r\ntechnologies and policies. Using Integrated Analysis Tool, a rule-based dynamic simulation model, this study tried to\r\nimprove the performance of major farming systems in the Tamil Nadu State of India. Amongst the four major farming\r\nsystems viz. Black gram-based (BFS), Paddy-based (PFS), and Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) in Villupuram district\r\nand Dryland Farming System (DFS) in Virudhunagar district, IFS was found to be the most profitable and resilient\r\nbased on their performance simulated for a 3-year rotation. Setting IFS as a benchmark, potential interventions were evaluated\r\nunder other farming systems to improve their relative performance. The analysis allowed understanding the interactions\r\nin smallholder farming systems and the potential impact of interventions in a whole farm way considering the cash\r\nflows, cost intensity, and input-output trade-offs. While multi-bloom technology in black gram increased the net profit of\r\nBFS without much stress on input and labour, area expansion under rainfed groundnut incurred high expenditure.\r\nTrading-off paddy with maize and groundnut significantly increased the net profit of PFS but replacing sugarcane with\r\ntapioca and turmeric was not remunerative. Improved livestock management practices have substantially increased the\r\nnet profit of DFS wherein crop yield could not be enhanced substantially without the prospects of good irrigation infrastructure.\r\nThe irrigation endowed PFS has achieved 90% performance, whereas the water-starved BFS and DFS could\r\nachieve only 65% performance of IFS. We conclude that agricultural policy must not only focus on potential interventions\r\nthat are profitable but also consider what is acceptable to the farmer, considering synergies and trade-offs between competing\r\nresources at the farm level."^^ . "2022" . . . . "Sage Publications"^^ . . . "Outlook on Agriculture (TSI)"^^ . . . "00307270" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "I"^^ . "Jaisankar"^^ . "I Jaisankar"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Mamidanna"^^ . "S Mamidanna"^^ . . "R J"^^ . "Varadan"^^ . "R J Varadan"^^ . . "S K Z"^^ . "Ahmed"^^ . "S K Z Ahmed"^^ . . "K"^^ . "Shalander"^^ . "K Shalander"^^ . . . . . . "Technology, infrastructure and enterprise trade-off: Strengthening smallholder farming systems in Tamil Nadu State of India for sustainable income and food security (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "IAT_Tamilnadu.pdf"^^ . . . "Technology, infrastructure and enterprise trade-off: Strengthening smallholder farming systems in Tamil Nadu State of India for sustainable income and food security (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #11956 \n\nTechnology, infrastructure and enterprise trade-off: Strengthening smallholder farming systems in Tamil Nadu State of India for sustainable income and food security\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Smallholder Farmers"@en . . . "Sustainable Agriculture"@en . . . "Food Security"@en . .