abandoned and degraded lands can be cultivated, and additional crops can be grown on small patches of irrigated land owing to better rain water retention (Pretty 1995; Reij 1996), and improving water productivity of crops (Morison et al. 2008).Livestock integration into farming systems, such as dairy cattle, pigs and poultry, including using zero-grazing cut and carry systems (Altieri 1995; Wilki