ORGANIC FARMING AND E WASTE MANAGEMENT

                      ORGANIC FARMING 

TARANGA FRAMS:

Location: 23, 2, Kammagondahalli, Jalahalli, Thavarekere, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560015

MEANING OF ORGANIC FARMING :

Organic farming avoids chemical pesticides and fertilizers and seeks to increase soil fertility through feeding soil micro-life with residues from life such as garbage compost and sewage, manure, plant residues, food processing wastes etc. Organic farming rely on biological processes to obtain high quality and yields which are as good as these achieved using modern techniques as agricultural production.

PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIC FARMING :

There Are Four Principles Of Organic Farming :

1. NO CHEMICAL FERTILIZER :

If nature is left to itself, fertility is increased, organic remains of plants and animals accumulate and are decomposed on the surface by bacteria and fungi.

2. NO USE OF HERBICIDE :

Straw mulch and temporary flooding provide effective weed control in many fields.

3.NO USE OF PESTICIDES :

The conservation of natural enemies of pests and use of botanical pesticides avoid the use of chemical pesticides.

4. MAINTENANCE OF HEALTHY SOIL :

Soil health is maintained through cultivation of legumes, green manuring, green leaf manuring, crop rotation, inter and mixed cropping including legumes.

PRACTICES FOR ORGANIC FARMING :

Organic Agriculture aims at the development of viable and sustainable agriculture. Organic food is produced by the following a system of farm management practices that seek to nurture ecosystem which achieve sustainable productivity and provide weed and pest control through diverse mix of mutually dependent life forms, recycling plant and animal residues, crop selection and rotation, water management, tillage and cultivation.

COMPONENTS OF ORGANIC FARMING :

The components of organic farming are as follows:

(I) ORGANIC MANURES :

Organic materials such as farm yard manure (F.Y.M.), slurry, compost, straw (crop residues), bio-fertilizers, green manure and cover crop will be substituted for inorganic fertilizers. Use of organic manures would also maintain the quality of environment.

(II) BIOLOGICAL PEST MANAGEMENT :

The conservation of natural enemies of pests is important for avoiding the use of chemical pesticides. Botanical pesticides such as these derived from neem, tobacco and other medicinal plants need popularization. Selective microbial pesticides, for example, Bacillus thuringiensis offer promise.

ADVANTAGES OF ORGANIC FARMING :

(i) It does not result in any environmental pollution because it avoids use of chemical and plant protection chemicals.

(ii) Less energy is used in organic farming compared to conventional agriculture.

(iii) Less mechanisation is needed.

(iv) Less disturbance of soil, proper structure, high organic matter content will be maintained.

(v) Organic food fetches more price than the produce obtained by conventional methods.