The present investigation was carried out in Chittoor, East Godavari and Srikakulam districts of Andhra Pradesh. The main objective of the study was to write success stories of Integrated Farming Systems practicing farmers. The existing integrated farming systems in the areas were agriculture + horticulture + dairy, agriculture + cashew + dairy + sheep and agriculture + coconut + dairy + poultry. The different dimensions of Sustainable Livelihood Security, expenditure and income of each enterprise combination are explained. The suggestions given by the farmers where necessary critical inputs should be provided to the farmers at subsidized rates, adequate training programmes, MGNREGA scheme can be linked with some of the agriculture activities so that the labour problem can be tackled to some extent, providing loans in time and provision of low interest rate loans which may help the IFS farmers to plan resource allocation well in advance.

Keyword: Integrated farming system; Sustainable livelihood security.