Concept of Organic Farming

Abstract

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 is nothing new, but the need of the hour is to chalk out of a definite strategy on this issue and linking of sources of production to the market.