Content
• What is Qrganic Farming?
• Need
• Key characteristics
• Four Principle
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
Organic Farming
Organic farming is a system which avoids or largely excludes the
use of synthetic inputs (such as fertilizers, pesticides, hormones,
feed additives etc) and to the maximum extent feasible rely upon
crop rotations, crop residues, animal manures, off-farm organic
waste, mineral grade rock additives and biological system of
nutrient mobilization and plant protection.
Organic Farming
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Need
Increase in population make compulsion to stabilize agricultural
production, but to, increase it further, in sustainable manner.
Natural balance needs to be maintained at all cost for existence of
life and property.
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.
Key Characteristics
Protecting the long term fertility of soils by maintaining organic
matter levels, encouraging soil biological activity and careful
mechanical intervention.
Providing crop nutrients indirectly using relatively insoluble
nutrient sources which are made available to the plant by the
action of soil micro-organisms.
Key characteristics
Nitrogen self-sufficiency through the use of legumes and biological
nitrogen fixation, as well as effective recycling of organic materials
including crop residues and livestock manures
Weed, disease and pest control relying primarily on crop rotations,
natural predators, diversity, organic manuring, resistant varieties and
limited (preferably minimal) thermal, biological and chemical
intervention.
Key characteristics
The extensive management of livestock, paying full regard to
their evolutionary adaptations, behavioral needs and animal
welfare issues with respect to nutrition, housing, health, breeding
and rearing.
Careful attention to the impact of the farming system on the
wider environment and the conservation of wildlife and natural
habitats.
ORGANIC FARMING PRINCIPLE
Health
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Organic Farming
Care Ecolozy
Fairness
Four Principles
1. Principle of health
Organic Agriculture should sustain and enhance the health of soil,
plant, animal, human and planet as one and indivisible
Healthy soils produce healthy crops that foster the health of animals
and people.
Health is the wholeness and integrity of living systems.
The role of organic agriculture, whether in farming, processing,
distribution, or consumption, is to sustain and enhance the health of
ecosystems and organisms from the smallest in the soil to human
beings.
2. Principle of ecology
Organic Agriculture should be based on living ecological systems and
cycles, work with them, emulate them and help sustain them .
This principle roots organic agriculture within living ecological systems.
It states that production is to be based on ecological processes, and
recycling
Nourishment and well-being are achieved through the ecology of the
specific production environment.
Organic management must be adapted to local conditions, ecology,
culture and scale.
Principle of ecology
Inputs should be reduced by reuse, recycling and efficient management
of materials and energy in order to maintain and improve environmental
quality and conserve resources
Organic agriculture should attain ecological balance through the
design of farming systems, establishment of habitats and maintenance
of genetic and agricultural diversity.
3. Principle of fairness
Organic Agriculture should build on relationships that ensure
fairness with regard to the common environment and life
opportunities.
This principle emphasizes that those involved in organic
agriculture should conduct human relationships in a manner that
ensures fairness at all levels and to all parties - farmers, workers,
processors, distributors, traders and consumers. Farming Method
Principle of fairness
It aims to produce a sufficient supply of good quality food and other
products.
Natural and environmental resources that are used for production
and consumption should be managed in a way that is socially and
ecologically just and should be held in trust for future generations
Fairness requires systems of production, distribution and trade that
are open and equitable and account for real environmental and
social costs.
4. Principle of care
Organic Agriculture should be managed in a precautionary and
responsible manner to protect the health and well-being of
current and future generations and the environment.
Organic agriculture is a living and dynamic system that responds
to internal and external demands and conditions.
This principle states that precaution and responsibility are the key
concerns in management, development and technology choices
in organic agriculture.
Basic Steps of Organic t-arming·
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
Advantages of Organic Farming
• Farmers can reduce their production costs because they
do not need to buy expensive chemicals and fertilizers.
• Healthier farm workers.
• They improve plant growth and physiological activities
of plants.
• In the long term, organic farms save energy and protect
the environment.
• It can slow down global warming.
• There is an increasing consumer are willing to pay more
for organic foods.
• Fewer residues in food.
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• More animals and plants can live in the same place in a
natural way. This is called biodiversity.
• Pollution of ground water is stopped.
• They reduce the need for purchased inputs.
• Poison-free
• Food Tastes Better
• Food Keeps Longer
• Organic fertilizer is considered as complete plant food.
• Organic manures produce optimal condition in the soil
for high yields and good quality crops.
Disadvantages of Organic Farming
• Organic food is more expensive because farmers do not
get as much out of their land as conventional farmers do.
Organic products may cost up to 40% more.
• Production costs are higher because farmers need more
workers.
• Rats are one evil predators destroy crops. Learn how to
get rid of borro,ving rats.
• Marketing and distribution is not efficient because
organic food is produced in smaller amounts.
• Food illnesses may happen more often.
• Organic farming cannot produce enough food that the
world's population needs to survive. This could lead to
starvation in countries that produce enough food today.
References
• www.gQ.Qgle.com
• www.wikiP-edia.com
• www.farming1I1ethod.com
