Organic Farming

India has a rich history of farming that dates 4500 years back. Amongst the four Vedas – Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda, Atharvaveda depicts the rich history of Indian farming and the 42 generations of farmers. This particular veda has highlighted progress, know-how of farming and also the technology of farming. Through this, we understand that hardworking farmers back then started farming by enhancing soil with organically produced fertilizers. Depending upon the colour of the soil, they would decide which seeds should be sown.

However, with changing times modern agriculture started taking a leap. In the hunger of growing seeds faster, farmers started using chemical fertilizers thus affecting the soil condition and inviting chronic diseases. Today, most of the population has health issues like diabetes, hypertension, cancer etc. It’s time for us to go back to our roots and improve the health of mankind and to also improve the health of soil. The one-step antidote to this problem is alternative farming techniques amongst which organic farming tops the list.

Several people are unaware about organic farming. Basically, organic farming is a technique wherein we keep up the symmetry with the nature without harming it. This also means that the techniques used in organic farming generate good crops in the best of condition without harming the equipoise of Mother Nature. In organic farming, the vegetable production is done by using natural resources like cattle dung, composts, green manure etc. This not only improves soil condition but also gives a chance to animals to grow and thrive. Crop wastes or even animal wastes can be recycled for improving the fertility of the soil. Being well versed about the importance of cow dung, nimboli khat and Jiv Amrut, we at Anand Bio Organics produce our products out of cow dung, nimboli khat and Jiv Amrut.

Many people think of going organic we are going back to our conventional farming tactics. But not to forget, many of these old techniques are still pragmatic in today’s time. However, organic farming thrives not only on the traditional techniques but also makes use of modern technology. The whole objective of organic farming is to aid all insects and weeds by maintaining them at a decent level so that they are more beneficial to nature and to the crops also.

With organic farming, you can also maintain the balance of nature and can also keep the water clean and safe. With this, the invited diseases will be wiped out in a jiffy. The best part of organic farming is that the farmer can use easily available resources which can avoid his further investments.

• Most importantly, modern fertilizers can deplete the soil fertility. When the water soluble fertilizers are applied to the soil, a favorable amount of nutrients does not reach the crop plants. This results in losing ample rate of nutrients which results in soil acidity with nitrification. On the other hand, organic manures provide all necessary nutrients resulting in an increase of the long-term soil fertility.
• It has also been observed that by adding great doses of N-fertilizers without the help of organic manures, has led to depletion of humus which in turn affect the crop production. This situation can be avoided only if organic residues and manures are added. Not only this, but organic manures help in maintaining carbon-to-nitrogen ratio i.e C:N ratio which increases the productivity of soil.
• When N-fertilizers, especially nitrate forms penetrate through soil, a serious health hazard arouses and that is – nitrate pollution of drinking water. Whereas organic manures, increases water holding capacity of soil and also helps in keeping water clean.
• Use of phosphatic fertilizer in large quantities can also lead to alarming human health disorders. These fertilizers builds up trace metal contamination like fluoride, cadmium, arsenic etc. in plants and soil. These traces reach the human body through the food chain leading to health problems. However, in organic farming, due to increase in biological activity, the nutrients in the lower depth are made available to plants which then reach the human body through the food chain.