Farming system research methodology :

 FSR is a continuous process and has five stage process viz :

a) Descriptive and diagnosis stage :

• Its main objective is to analyze the environment on which the system operate that affects the farming system and identification and analysis of the problem constraints.
• Its procedure are : Informal survey , Formal Survey , Special purpose survey and analysis of secondary data.

b) Design stage / Planning stage :

• Its main objective is screening the existing technologies to solve the target problem and formulation of improved tech.
• Its procedures are : On station experiment , on farm experiment and Ex-ante analysis.

c) Testing stage :

• Its objective is determination of adoptability of new technologies throughout the recommendation domain.
• Its procedures are : On farm experiment , multilocation trials , pilot production program and front line demonstration.

d) Evaluation stage :

• It includes adaptability study , impact study , acceptance test and others.

e) Extension stage :

• Up scaling and out scaling of high impact technologies by extension workers.

f) Policy Formulation stage :

• Internalization of high impact technologies in the regular program of MOA.