Present Status of Pond-Based Integrated Farming on Selected Blocks of South 24 Parganas, India

The main objectives of this study were found out the integrated farming system (IFS) situation and adaptation for the cultivation. The farmers were converted their occupation crop production to IFS. The result depicted that the overall education level (39.39%) of the respondents was quite medium. Most of the respondents belonged to 40 to 60 years old.42.42%per cent of the respondents had power of hard working own self. Due to having power of hard working respondents own self, there was a huge potential work force which may be used for Integrated Farming System which is considered as a labour intensive practice. Most of the respondents (39.39%) fell in the medium income category i. e. annual income Rs.1 lakh to 5 Lakh. This research may help out the local administrators, policy maker and others stakeholder for sustainable development of farmers of South 24 Parganas district.