Organic Farming
Organic farming is an age-old practice of growing food crops purely in a natural manner. Organic farming is also known as organic agriculture, eco-farming, natural farming, zero-budget farming, etc.
The concept of organic agriculture or organic farming was
developed by Sir Albert Howard, F.H. King, and Rudolf Steiner in the early
1900s. This system uses animal manures (often made into compost), cover crops,
crop rotation, and biologically based pest controls resulting in a better
farming system.
If we say in layman’s language, organic farming is the
farming practice that completely avoids chemicals and uses farm residues, that
are organic or natural in nature.
The studies have already revealed
that organic farming is the best method for the desired yield by maintaining
the agroecosystem as well as the health of consumers compared to conventional farming. It is an alternative agricultural system that originated early in
the 20th century in reaction to rapidly changing farming practices.
It relies on plant-required nutrients of organic origin such as compost, green leaf manure, FYM, bone meal etc., and emphasis on techniques
such as crop rotation, companion croping biological pest control, mixed
cropping and the fostering of insect predators. In general, it is designed to
allow the use of naturally occurring substances while prohibiting or strictly
limiting synthetics.
