Visualization

Organic farming

Kattur Village (Tamil Nadu Broader )

1. Challenge:

• The very first challenge was to convenience the farmers about the advantages of

Organic farming and the benefits of  it to humans and also the soil .

• The various cost advantage, health advantage and also the ways for farming.

• Moving back the traditional ways to harvesting was quite challenging because the

environment in  the place has forced them to adapt the same as others in that particular

location .

2. Selection:

1. Using organic manure by reusing the waste generated during the end of the harvest.

2. The use of manual manpower for checking the insect’s effects in the crop for small scale  farming.

3.Use of certified organic fertilizers.

3. Application:

1. Crop Diversity: Now a days a new practice has come into picture which is called -

Polyculture- in which a variety of crops can be cultivated simultaneously just to meet the

increasing demand of crops. Unlike the ancient practice which was -Monoculture- in which

only one type of crop was cultivated in a particular location.

2. Soil Management: After the cultivation of crops, the soil loses its nutrients and its quality

depletes. Organic agriculture initiates the use of natural ways to increase the health of soil. It

focuses on the use of bacteria that is present in animal waste which helps in making the soil

nutrients more productive to enhance the soil.

3. Weed Management: -Weed-, is the unwanted plant that grows in agricultural fields. Organic

agriculture pressurizes on lowering the weed rather than removing it completely.

4. Controlling other organisms: There are both useful and harmful organisms in the

agricultural farm which affect the field. The growth of such organisms needs to be controlled

to protect the soil and the crops. This can be done by the use of herbicides and pesticides that

contain less chemicals or are natural. Also, proper sanitization of the entire farm should be

maintained to control other organisms.

5. Livestock: Organic farming instigates domestic animals use to increase the sustainability of

the farm.

6. Genetic Modification: Genetic modification is kept away from this kind of agricultural set

up because organic farming focuses on the use of natural ways and discourages engineered

animals and plants.

4.Insight:

It was observed  that  the modern technique  has degraded  the  soil  quality and also the

nutrients in the various crop , that in turn lead  low sales and increased the preservation

expenses  . The crops that were selected was random with neighbour farmers .The water  and

social conservation was not neglected and irrationally utilized .

5.Approach:

❖ Corp Production Plan

❖ Conversion Requirements

❖ Duration of the conversion period

❖ Landscape

❖ Choice of Crop and varieties

❖ Diversity of crop Production and

management plan

❖ Nutrient management

❖ Pest ,disease and weed management

❖ Contamination Control

❖ Social and water conservation

❖ Collection  of  non-cultivated

material of the plant origin /and

forest produce

