Field experiments were carried out at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University farm, Coimbatore (India) during north-east monsoon seasons of 2000-01 and 2001-02, to design a viable farming system by linking the crop and animal components, viz., goat, rabbit and pigeon to sustain the production and productivity of dry land through effective recycling of organic wastes. Results revealed that among the different crops in the farming systems, pearl millet (cumbu)+soyabean grain, maize+cowpea fodder and Cenchrus ciliaris+ Stylosanthes scabra fodder system added higher crop residues of 4250 and 5360 kg ha -1 in the first and second year, respectively. The cumbu+soyabean grain, maize+cowpea fodder and Cenchrus ciliaris+ Stylosanthes scabra fodder system added higher NPK through the residues addition in both the years by recording 31.0, 8.9 and 45.9 kg ha -1; and 39.1, 11.3 and 57.9 kg ha -1 of NPK for the first and second year, respectively. The conventional system (sorghum+cowpea grain) recorded the least amount of NPK addition through the crop residues in both the years. The total organic residues added by the crops+goat+rabbit+pigeon farming system were higher than other system in both the years (9527 and 8170 kg ha -1) and crop+goat+ rabbit+pigeon system added higher total NPK in both the years.
