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<p>This study evaluated a horticulture-based integrated farming system for improving productivity, profitability, soil health, and biological activity compared with conventional rice-wheat and sugarcane monocropping systems in the Upper Gangetic Plains.&#xa0;A five-year field experiment (2020-21 to 2024-25) was conducted at ICAR–IIFSR, Modipuram, Meerut, India, in a 1.50&#xa0;ha horticulture-based integrated farming system (horticulture, crop, aquaculture, poultry, boundary plantation, and vermicompost). System productivity, economic indicators, soil physical and chemical properties, microbial populations (bacteria, actinomycetes, and fungi), enzymatic activities (dehydrogenase, phosphatase, β-glucosidase, fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis), and microbial biomass carbon were assessed and compared with conventional rice–wheat and sugarcane monocropping systems.&#xa0;HIFS achieved system productivity of 43.06 t/ha, 3.23- and 3.20-fold higher than rice–wheat (13.33 t/ha) and sugarcane (13.44 t/ha), respectively. Gross returns (USD 9300.53/year), net returns (USD 5592.53/year), and benefit-cost ratio (1.51) were substantially greater than monocropping systems. Soil bulk density decreased, water-holding capacity improved, and soil organic carbon and nutrient availability increased markedly. Microbial populations, microbial biomass carbon, and enzymatic activities significantly increased, with strong positive associations among soil indicators (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.05–0.01).&#xa0;Horticulture-based integrated farming with resource recycling significantly improves productivity, profitability, and soil biological functioning and offers a sustainable alternative to monocropping systems in the Upper Gangetic Plains.</p>

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Horticulture-Based Integrated Farming Enhances Productivity, Profitability, and Soil Biological Activity in Ustochrepts of the Upper Gangetic Plains, India

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    2026年5月16日

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  • Poonam Kashyap,
  • A. K. Prusty,
  • A. L. Meena,
  • Natesan Ravisankar,
  • Rakshit Bhagat,
  • P. C. Jat,
  • Jairam Choudhary,
  • Debashis Dutta,
  • M. Shamim,
  • Kamlesh Kumar,
  • A. S. Panwar,
  • M. A. Ansari,
  • Sunil Kumar,
  • Venkatesh Paramesha

摘要

This study evaluated a horticulture-based integrated farming system for improving productivity, profitability, soil health, and biological activity compared with conventional rice-wheat and sugarcane monocropping systems in the Upper Gangetic Plains. A five-year field experiment (2020-21 to 2024-25) was conducted at ICAR–IIFSR, Modipuram, Meerut, India, in a 1.50 ha horticulture-based integrated farming system (horticulture, crop, aquaculture, poultry, boundary plantation, and vermicompost). System productivity, economic indicators, soil physical and chemical properties, microbial populations (bacteria, actinomycetes, and fungi), enzymatic activities (dehydrogenase, phosphatase, β-glucosidase, fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis), and microbial biomass carbon were assessed and compared with conventional rice–wheat and sugarcane monocropping systems. HIFS achieved system productivity of 43.06 t/ha, 3.23- and 3.20-fold higher than rice–wheat (13.33 t/ha) and sugarcane (13.44 t/ha), respectively. Gross returns (USD 9300.53/year), net returns (USD 5592.53/year), and benefit-cost ratio (1.51) were substantially greater than monocropping systems. Soil bulk density decreased, water-holding capacity improved, and soil organic carbon and nutrient availability increased markedly. Microbial populations, microbial biomass carbon, and enzymatic activities significantly increased, with strong positive associations among soil indicators (p ≤ 0.05–0.01). Horticulture-based integrated farming with resource recycling significantly improves productivity, profitability, and soil biological functioning and offers a sustainable alternative to monocropping systems in the Upper Gangetic Plains.