: Organic Farming

Organic Farming

Organic farming is an eco-friendly farming practice which includes all the components of sustainable farming and biodynamic farming practices. That is, an organic farming system is sustainable as well as biodynamic. An organic farming system becomes a self-sustaining ecosystem when all organic materials that are available naturally are recycled within the farming system.

Organic farming is gaining momentum now. More and more farms across the world are converted to organic farming practices in order to minimize the risks associated with pesticidal residues. Organic farming is one f the best farming practices for those who want to stay tuned with the nature.

Organic Fertilizers
In organic farming, soil fertility is replenished by using bulk quantities of organic matter such as cow dung, slurry, or sometimes by growing and incorporating nitrogen fixing plants such as dhaincha in situ at the time of soil preparation. Other soil fertilization practices include use of organic fertilizers such as neem cakes and biofertilizers such as rhizobium culture for nitrogen fixing, microbial culture containing P-fixing bacteria and culture of K-fixing microorganisms. Organic farming system also uses various biodynamic preparations for enriching the soil fertility.

Organic Pesticides
A pesticide is a chemical that is used to control pests and insects. In organic farming, plant pests and insects are mainly controlled by using organic pesticides.

Organic Fungicides
A fungicide is a chemical that is used to control fungal diseases of the plants. In an organic farming system, plant diseases are mainly controlled by natural fungicides and biological control methods.

Organic farming has become a favored farming practice today because of the considerable increase in the consumption of organic foods and because the huge potential for the exports and imports of organic foods. Now organic certification of the organic farming systems has become mandatory for the domestic and international marketing of the organic foods.