The book is recommended for farmers, students, faculty and researchers related to agriculture and its allied sector including fisheries and animal husbandry. This book aims to promote sustainable and profitable income from agriculture and allied sectors through use of farmers’ friendly and simple technologies affordable and adaptable to farmers. There are 30 chapters in this book covering multiple technologies related to farming system, climate change, commodity crop interventions, role of women in farming system, livestock health, production and management, fisheries, integrated aquaculture, agricultural mechanization and alternate income generating activities. The Government of India though NITI Aayog has set a futuristic goal of doubling farmers income by 2022 in order to promote farmers’ welfare, reduce agrarian distress and bring parity by bridging the gap between income of farmers and those working in non-agricultural professions. This is possible only by reducing the cost of cultivation and increasing the productivity, reducing the losses from disease, processing, storage and marketing. This book is the outcome of a Gol sponsored Model Training Program conducted by ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna with the objective to impart training to stakeholders working with state line departments, KVKs and universities on improving livelihood of the farmers by application and adaptation of advanced technologies which are farmer friendly, low cost and sustainable. This book will serve as platform for planner, agencies, innovative farmers to get holistic knowledge on bundle of agricultural technologies which can sustain and improve livelihood of farmers. Contents: Technological Interventions for Doubling Pulses Production in India 1 A.K. Choudhary Farmers Friendly On-Farm Technologies for Better Animal Health and Production 15 Pankaj Kumar, Rashmi Rekha Kumari and Pallav Shekhar Farmers Producer Company for Livelihood Enhancement of Farmers 27 Anirban Mukherjee, Premlata Singh, Shreya Anand and Ujjwal Kumar Integrated Farming Systems and Model Development for Small and Marginal Farmers 35 Sanjeev Kumar and Shivani Role of Dairy Processing Technology for Increasing Income of Rural Households 55 Awadhesh K. Jha Agri-clinic and Agribusiness Centre: An Effective Option for Agripreneurship Development 61 Dhiraj K. Singh and Ujjwal Kumar Strategy for Quality and Cost Effective Feed for Sustainable Aquaculture 71 Shivendra Kumar, Srijit Chakravarty and Kamal Sharma Sustainable Improvement of Rice Crop Productivity Through Varietal Intervention in Drought and Flood Prone Ecology of Eastern India 83 Santosh Kumar, S.K. Dwivedi, Rakesh Kumar, Surajit Mondal, K.K. Rao and A.K. Dubey Improving Water Productivity Through MicroIrrigation System 99 Pawan Jeet Crop Diversification: Way-out for Doubling the Farmers’ Income 105 Rakesh Kumar, Kirti Saurabh, Santosh Kumar and Hansraj Hans Fruit Based Production Systems for Livelihood Improvement of Resource Poor Farmers 111 Tanmay Kumar Koley, Bikash Das and Ujjwal Kumar Integrated Fish Cum Duck Farming 121 Reena Kumari Kamal Indigenous Breeds of Livestock and the Scope for Productivity Enhancement 139 P.C. Chandran, Reena Kamal, Pankaj Kumar and A. Dey Integrated Approach for Disease Management in Crops147 Abhishek Kumar Dubey, Manisha Tamta, Santosh Kumar and A.K. Choudhary Ways and Options of Solar Energy Use in Agriculture 155 Atiqur Rahman Recent Advances in Composite Fish Culture 165 Tarkeshwar Kumar, Kamal Sarma and Surendra Kumar Ahirwal Role of Mechanization in Optimizing Crop Production System 175 Prem K. Sundaram, Bikas Sarkar and Sanjay K. Patel Livestock Based Integrated Aquaculture for Livelihood Improvement and Nutritional Security of Small and Marginal Farmer 183 Kamal Sharma, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Surendra Ahirwal and Neha Vegetable Based Farming System for Enhancing Nutritional Security 193 Kumari Shubha, Shri Dhar, Santosh Kumar and Abhay Kumar Impact Assessment of Agricultural Technology-An Overview 207 R.K.P. Singh and Abhay Kumar Technology Outscaling for Livelihood Improvement 225 Ujjwal Kumar and Dhiraj K. Singh Value Addition: Key to Livelihood Improvement 231 Naresh Chandra Women Empowerment Through Agriculture Based Technologies 239 Shivani and Sanjeev Kumar Integrated Weed Management in Field Crops 255 J.S. Mishra Low Cost Animal Feed Preparation as Self-Propagation Technology 273 J.J. Gupta Technological Update on Soil Testing for Optimal Production 281 Karnena Koteswara Rao, Anup Kumar Choubey, Santosh Kumar and Abhishek Kumar Dubey Area Specific Mineral Mixture: Sustainable Technology for Animal Husbandry 291 Pallav Shekhar and Pankaj Kumar Zoonotic Diseases and their Control Through Biosecurity Measures for Profitable Animal Husbandry 297 Pradeep K. Ray Production & Management of Stunted Fish Fingerlings 307 Surendra Kumar Ahirwal, Kamal Sarma and Tarkeshwar Kumar Production Potential of Backyard Poultry Birds to Improve Livelihood of Rural Farmers 313 Asit Chakrabarti, Dharmendra Kumar and Pankaj Kumar