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Organic Agriculture
Prelim Module – Week 2
Name: Satinitigan, Cathylyn F. Course: BSA-2A Date: _September 21-25, 2020 Module No. 2
Topic: Origin of Organic Farming, Sustainable Agriculture, Organic vs. Conventional agriculture,
Modern Farming
ACTIVITIES:
1.Based on the quoted material below, Cite a claim if you agree/disagree. Prove.
“Organic farming has been shown to provide major benefits for wildlife and the wider
environment. The best that can be said about genetically engineered crops is that they
will now be monitored to see how much damage they cause.”
“Prince Charles”
Organic farming already provides major benefits towards the people and environment.
Our ancestors survive even though with the shortage of food because of organic agriculture. I
absolutely agree with the statement comprising about the good things that organic farming
brought. It makes our food more healthy and fresher because it doesn’t expose to any
chemicals. Aside from that, it is diversified and promotes harmony with nature. The genetically
engineered crops will affect people’s health and will cause damage to the environment.
According to some research the effects of GMO’s is not yet discover thus we don’t have
assurance if it is safe to consume. We should be the steward of our own planet. Making sure
that we do as little as possible to negatively impact our world. Failing this would be hard to get
any sort of sustainability in our increasing industrially based world.
2. Defining Organic farming, Sustainable Agriculture, Organic Agriculture and Conventional
Agriculture
Directions: The following are the different definitions of history- answer each item by writing
AGREE (if you agree with the definition), or DISAGREE (if you disagree with the definition). (5
points each)
a.) Organic agriculture combines tradition, innovation and science to benefit the shared
environment and promote fair relationships and a good quality of life for all involved.
AGREE
b.) Organic farming is a method of crop and livestock production that involves much
more than choosing not to use pesticides, fertilizers, genetically modified organisms,
antibiotics and growth hormones. AGREE
c.) Sustainable agriculture, simply defined, is an approach to agriculture using farming
techniques in a way that does not degrade the environment, deplete the earth’s
resources, and contributes to the livelihood of communities. AGREE
d.) Conventional agriculture is a broad term that has a number of definitions, but a crop
can be classified as conventional if synthetic chemicals are used to maintain the plants.
AGREE
ASSESSMENT (10 points)
1. Compare the difference between organic and conventional agriculture.
Organic agriculture is a method that relies on natural principle and ecological
process. It produces food while establishing harmonious relationship between
people and environment. While conventional agriculture used chemicals
intervention and other inputs with adverse effects to increase crop yield. Sometimes
it is called industrial farming.
2. Explain each components of sustainable agriculture and give their importance to
organic agriculture.
The components of sustainable agriculture are economic profitability,
environmental stewardship, social responsibility and upholding animal welfare.
Economic Profitability is the reflection of management performance in a farm.
Hardworking farmers and healthy crop are not enough to fulfill the needs of the
people. Economic viability should be a necessary condition for sustainable
agriculture and food system.
Environmental Stewardship is the responsible, planning and management of
human activity affecting the natural environment. It means that we humans can be
the stewards of our own environment that can leaves positive impacts.
Social Responsibility pertains to the duty to act in the best interest of their
environment and as a society as a whole. Good relationships between farmers and
consumers are some aspects to be consider in social sustainability.
Upholding Animal Welfare is all about the good treatment of the animals,
implementing livestock husbandry that prioritizes their general well-being.
Each component is very essential in organic farming to attain sustainability that can
lead to prosperity. The overlapping goals of each aspects can influence each other
in order to deplete the timely issue of poverty and hunger.
APPLICATION:
Assignment Study the effects of modern farming and examine the practices of
traditional farming.
Effects of Modern Farming
Land exhaustion due to the use chemicals and other synthetics fertilizers
that reduces soil’s fertility.
Soil compaction is the damage of the structure of soil due to the use tractor.
Threat to individual farmers due to the exposure of chemicals can be a
serious problem since human power is very important in every farm activity.
Destruction of traditional knowledge systems and traditions can also be
affected and even vanish due to these modern ideas.
Habitat destruction of some animals and plants to acquire more spaces.
Agribusiness farming demands that anything which stands in the way of crop
production shall be destroyed.
Environmental problems such as pollution.
Threat to the quality of drinking water due to disposal of fertilizers into
landfills sites and lands.
Practices of traditional farming.
Crop Rotations is the principles that have been successfully used for thousands of years
in agriculture and are still used today. Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops on
the same land so that no bed or plot sees the same crop in successive seasons. It is a practice
designed to preserve the productive capacity of the soil, minimize pests and diseases, reduce
chemical use, and manage nutrient requirements, all of which help to maximize yield.
Mixed-/Inter-cropping is a system of cropping in which farmers sow more than two crops at the
same time. By planting multiple crops, farmers can maximize land use while reducing the risks
associated with single crop failure.
Polyculture systems involve growing many plants of different species in the same area, often in
a way that imitates nature. By increasing plant biodiversity, polyculture systems promote diet
diversity in local communities, are more adaptable to climate variability and extreme weather
events, and are more resilient to pests and diseases.
Traditional organic composting is practiced by farmers to recycles various organic materials
otherwise regarded as waste products and produces a soil conditioner Compost is rich in
nutrients.
