Hazaribagh's Integrated Farming: High Profit, Low Cost, Waste to Wealth.

• Integrated Farming System (IFS) is gaining popularity in Hazaribagh, offering high profits with low costs.
• IFS combines crop production with animal husbandry, fish farming, poultry, horticulture, and beekeeping.
• Waste from one component in IFS becomes a resource or fertilizer for another, reducing costs and boosting production.
• Progressive farmer Ram Prasad Kushwaha in Hazaribagh earns 7-8 lakh rupees annually from one acre using IFS.
• Agricultural scientists promote IFS as a modern, sustainable method to ensure year-round income and reduce farmers' economic risk.

Why It Matters: Hazaribagh's integrated farming model offers farmers higher income and lower costs.