ORGANIC FARMING IN INDIA
ABSTRACT At present situation enormous uses of pesticides and chemical fertilizers damage the normal balance of ecosystem. Quality of food stuff became very low and toxic to our health. Organic farming is the best way that overcomes these problems. Organic farming was the original type of agriculture, and has been practiced for thousands of years. Forest gardening , a fully organic food production system which dates from prehistoric times , is thought to be the world's oldest and most resilient agro-ecosystem . The principle methods of organic farming include crop rotation, Green Manures and Compost, Biological Pest Control, and Mechanical Cultivation . While conventional agriculture uses synthetic pesticides and water-soluble synthetically purified fertilizers, organic farmers are restricted by regulations to using natural pesticides and fertilizers. The progress of organic agriculture in India is very slow. We are able to convert only 41,000 ha of a...