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1. As per new icar syllabus
Principles Of
ORGANIC
FARMING
Written By :
Dr. Sawan Kumar Verma
Dr. B.K. Dwivedi
Ms. Himanshi Devi

2.  Lecture 1 - General Status and trends in population and food
production, Agriculture growth, Fertilizer and Pesticide
consumption and negative impacts of their excess application
 Lecture 2 - Relevance of organic farming (OF), Consequences
of the use of High Yielding Varieties (HYV) and Indigenous
Varieties. Impact of Green Revolution (GR) on Environment.
Effects of Green Revolution.
 Lecture 3 - Concept of OF, Significance of OF for Indian
farmers, Terminologies used in OF, Objectives of OF,
Characteristics of OF, Often debated issues in OF, Area under
OF and size of organic food market. Status of OF in India.
 Lecture 4 - Organic production requirements, Components of
OF, Nutrient requirements in OF, Limiting nutrient losses,
Organic manures: Farm Yard Manure (FYM), Enrichment of
FYM.

3.  Lecture 6 - Compost, Methods of composting (Bangalore,
Indore, Coimbatore, NADEP methods).
 Lecture 7 - Green manuring, Classification of green manures
(GM), advantages of GM, Desirable characteristics of
leguminous GM crops.
 Lecture 8 - Vermicompost and vermiculture, Importance,
benefits, Methods of vermicomposting, Preparation and
management of vermicompost unit.
 Lecture 9 - Recycling of organic residues, Classification of
organic residues.
 Lecture 10 - Biofertilizers, Importance, classification and
benefits of biofertilizers (Azospirillum, Azotobacter, Rhizobium,
PSB, VAM etc.,)
 Lecture 11 - Soil improvements and soil amendments.