done by DURGESH

1. welcome

2. Title:- Organic Farming
Movement-It Is Necessary or luxuries In
Development Country like India.
Presented By
Arjun Sharma
Vikram Shedge
Janhavi Shinde

3. Introduction
• The organic movement was began in the 1930s
and 1940s and Sir Albert Howard is concered as
father of organic farming.
• India is agri country where agriculture
contributes to about 14.6% of GDP and support
over 58% of nation population .
• The market of organic food is increases 20 to 22%
per year.
• Organic farming doesn’t mean going back to
traditional method , in this farmer creates a
healthy balance between nature and farming .

4. Why farm organically?
• Organic farming provide long term benefits to
people and environment.
• Organic farming aims to increase long term soil
fertility .
• control pest & disease without harming
environment .
• need of organic farming in India arises due to
unsustainability of agril. Production & damage to
environmental system .
• Ensure that water stays clean & safe .

5. Material used in organic farming
• Compost (e.g. vermicompost , phospho-compost )
• biofertilizer (e.g. Rhizobium , Azatobactor , PSB)
• Green manuring
• Crop rotation
• Trap cropping
• New generation biotech organic inputs

6. Principles of organic farming
• produce food of high nutritional quality
• to maintain & increase long term fertility of soil .
• to control water pollution .
• for getting foreign exchange .
• it dosen’t disturb food chain .

8. Market for organic produce
• Some companies are came forward for export
of organic produce as follows,
• Weikfield product co. , pune
• Tata tea pvt. Ltd. , Kerala
• Amruta cashew industries , Sindhudurg
• ajanta industries , Goa

9. • Some states which promotes organic farming
as like sikkim going to be a 100% organically
farming state.
• In maharashtra Nashik , pune
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10. Success stories
• Aditi Green Organic Farms Pvt Ltd Thane is the
First Agriculture company to be run by a
farmer and products supplied to the end
consumer without Middlemen
• Established in the year 2010 are engaged in
producing and exporting pure & free from
chemicals Organic Fruits and Vegetables.

11. Success stories
• Vasudha founded by pratibha in 1999 with
475 farmers and 5000 acre,the vasudha
project amis to expand organic cotton farming
culture in india.
• Today vasudha has 30,000 farmers across 475
village covering 130,000 acres land.

12. Disadvantages of Chemical Farming:
• 1.Chemical fertilizers and pesticides:
• a) Soil loses fertility.
b) Destroys the biodiversity – pesticides destroy the other
friendly creatures along with enemies of the crop.
c) Increased expenses year after year. Since there is a need
to use more fertilizer this year compared to last year
• d) Polluted food – Food contains chemical residues.
e) Degrades body health.
f) Unnecessary dependency of farmers on corporate
industry which produces the fertilizers and
pesticides, destroying the self sufficiency of farmers.

13. ENDOSULFAN
• . Endosulfan affects nervous system of even during
gestational.
• Endosulfan affects reproduction.
• Endosulfan is genotoxic, cytotoxic and mutagenic.

18. AGNIHOTRA FARMING
• As fertilizer you can use dung , compost or any other
organic manure. Alongwith sowing make arrangements
to perform sunrise –sunset Agnihotra on the farm.
• To facilitate this, erect a small platform in the centre of
the farm for performing both times Agnihotra regularly.
• Right from sowing till harvesting Agnihotra has to be
performed regularly on the farm.
• Agnihotra Ash spray it on the entire farmland before
sowing the crop.
• The first experiment on Agnihotra Farming was
conducted in village Mugaliyahat near Bairagarh, Bhopal
in the year 1978.

19. GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
• There are many governmental agencies that are
responsible for the regulation of organic foods.
• The USDA is the chief department that defines what
makes a product organic and regulates organic claims
on packaging.
• Two divisions within the USDA that deal with organic
foods are the Agricultural Research Service (ARC) and
the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)