NEED FOR ORGANIC FARMING 

          With the increase in population our compulsion would be not only to stabilize agricultural production but to increase it further in sustainable manner. The scientists have realized that the ‘Green Revolution’ with high input use has reached a plateau and is now sustained with diminishing return of falling dividends. Thus, a natural balance needs to be maintained at all cost for existence of life and property. The obvious choice for that would be more relevant in the present era, when these agrochemicals which are produced from fossil fuel and are not renewable and are diminishing in availability. It may also cost heavily on our foreign exchange in future.

BENEFITS OF ORGANIC FARMING

 

1.

 

It helps in maintaining environment health by reducing the level of pollution.

 

2.

 

It reduces human and animal health hazards by reducing the level of residue in the product.

 

3.

 

It helps in keeping agricultural production at a higher level and makes it sustainable.

 

4.

 

It reduces the cost of agricultural production and also improves the soil health

 

5.

 

It ensures optimum utilization of natural resources for short-term benefit and helps in conserving them for future generation.

 

6.

 

It not only saves energy for both animal and machine, but also reduces risk of crop failure.

 

7.

 

It improves the soil physical properties such as granulation, and good tilth, giving good aeration, easy root penetration and improves water-holding capacity.

 

8.

 

It improves the soil’s chemical properties such as supply and retention of soil nutrients, and promotes favorable chemical reactions

 Besides these, it has been demonstrated extensively that plant products from organic farming are substantially better in quality like, bigger in size, look, flavor, and aroma and animal products to be of better quality when they are fed with feed and fodder produced organically. The underground water of the area where such farming system is in practice has been found to be free of toxic chemicals.

 Basic steps of organic farming

 Organic farming approach involves following five principles : 

 

1.

 

Conversion of land from conventional management to organic management.

 

2.

 

Management of the entire surrounding system to ensure biodiversity and sustainability of the system.

 

3.

 

Crop production with the use of alternative sources of nutrients such as crop rotation, residue management, organic manures and biological inputs.

 

4.

 

Management of weeds and pests by better management practices, physical and cultural means and by biological control system.

 

5.

 

Maintenance of live stock in tandem with organic concept and make them an integral part of the entire system.

 

 USE OF WELL DECOMPOSED ORGANIC MANURE

²  Recycling of organic Matter

²  Proper crop rotation, intercropping, mixed cropping and poly-cropping

²  Green manure cropping

²  Use of Bio-fertilizers

²  Mulching of weeds

²  Integrated pest Management

²  Judicious use of irrigation water

SALIENT FEATURES OF CROP PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC FARMING

 

i)

 

Minimum tillage

 

ii)

 

Adoption of integrated agriculture system

 


 

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