_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: mirsalim@skuastkashmir.ac.in; Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 44(3): 47-56, 2022; Article no.JEAI.84596 ISSN: 2457-0591 (Past name: American Journal of Experimental Agriculture, Past ISSN: 2231-0606) Integrated Farming System: A Tool for Doubling Farmer’s Income Mohd Salim Mir a* , Nasir Bashir Naikoo b , Zakir Amin c , Tauseef A. Bhat a , Aijaz Nazir d , Raihana Habib Kanth a , Parmeet Singh e , Waseem Raja a , Lal Singh a , Shayista Fayaz a , Tanveer A. Ahngar a , Tsultim Palmo a and Ummaisa Rehman a a Division of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, SKUAST-Kashmir, 193201, J&K, India. b Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, SKUAST-Kashmir, 193201, J&K, India. c Division of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, SKUAST-Kashmir, 193201, J&K, India. d Agromet Field Unit, SKUAST-Kashmir, 190025, J&K, India. e Programme Coordinator, KVK Shopian, SKUAST-Kashmir, 192303, J&K, India. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author MSM drafted the article. Authors NBN, ZA, TAB, AN, RHK, PS, WR and LS, made a substantial contribution to the concept and design of the article. Authors SF, TAA, TP, and UR managed the literature searches. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JEAI/2022/v44i330808 Open Peer Review History: This journal follows the Advanced Open Peer Review policy. Identity of the Reviewers, Editor(s) and additional Reviewers, peer review comments, different versions of the manuscript, comments of the editors, etc are available here: https://www.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/84596 Received 12 January 2022 Accepted 22 March 2022 Published 02 April 2022 ABSTRACT Integrated Farming System is a holistic approach in which different enterprises are utilized in a collaborative way, wherein the resources are managed efficiently so that waste output of one enterprise serves as the input for another. Due to an ever-increasing population, the arable land is becoming increasingly scarcer per person, leaving little room for horizontal agricultural expansion. There are 115 million working farms in India, with about 80% of them being small or marginal farmers. With Integrated Farming System, the living standards of these farmers can be enhanced by efficient utilization of different enterprises. The IFS is actually a mixed farming system wherein different enterprises like dairy, fish, poultry, and other beneficial enterprises give an enhanced returns with lower risks, which can intermediate the losses of crops in case of severe climatic Review Article