Rainfed Area Development (RAD)
RAD
focuses on Integrated Farming System (IFS) for enhancing productivity and
minimizing risks associated with climatic variability’s. Under this system,
crops/cropping system is integrated with activities like horticulture,
livestock, fishery, agro-forestry, apiculture etc. to enable farmers not only
in maximizing farm returns for sustaining livelihood, but also to mitigate the
impacts of drought, flood or other extreme weather events with the income
opportunity from allied activities during crop damage.