What Is Organic Farming || Why Organic Farming Is Necessary?

Organic farming:- Organic farming is a technique of growing crops and rearing of livestocks naturally. It means that it focuses on the use of biological materials such as organic manure, green manure, farmyard manure, etc to produce agricultural products and avoid the use of synthetic chemical fertilizers to maintain soil fertility and ecological balance thereby reducing pollution and westage.

According to USDA(United State department of agriculture), it is a system which avoid or largely excludes the use of synthetic inputs such as chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, plants hormone, etc and to the maximum extent depend upon crop rotation, crop residue, animal manure and biological system of nutrients mobilization and plant protection.

According to FAO, "organic farming is an unique production management system which promotes and enhances agro ecosystem health including Bio-diversity, biological cycles and soil biological activities and this is accomplished by using on farm agronomic, biological and mechanical methods in exclusion of all synthetic farm inputs."

In philosophical term, it means farming in sprits of organic relationship. In this system everything is connected with everything of the nature. Since organic farming means, placing farming on integral relationship. Thus, we must be well aware about the relationship between between the soil, water and plants; between soil and soil microbes and waste products.

Concept of organic farming:- organic farming is very old practice as this was followed by our ancestors and it is native to this land. The concept of organic farming is based on following principles.

1. Nature is the best role model for farming. Since it doesn't use any inputs nor demand unreasonable amount of water. 
2. The entire system is based on intimate understanding of nature's base. The system doesn't believe in mining of the soil nutrients and don't degrade it in any way for today's need. 
3. The soil in this system is a living entity. 
4. The soil living population of microbes and other organisms are significant contributors to it's fertility on a sustainable basis and must be protected and nurtured at all cost. 
5. The total environment of soil from the soil structure to soil cover is more important. 

 

Need of organic farming:-

1. Organic farming provides long term benefits to human and environment. 
2. Helps in increasing soil fertility in long term basis. 
3. Control pests and diseases without harming the environment. 
4. Ensures that water stays clean and safe for using. 
5. It is more economical and sustainable. 
6. It help to provide organic food to the population and fetch good income without harming ecosystem.