Sustainable Organic Agriculture under Inhana Rational Farming Technology. This is an organic package of practice which can ensure ecologically and economically sustainable organic crop production. The technology already showed promising results in tea and other agriculture both in farm and farmers level

1. Development of a Model for Exploring
Sustainable Organic Agriculture in a Suitable
Cropping Sequence in the Pretext of Climate
Change Mitigation
Inhana Organic Research Foundation
168, Jodhpur Park (1st Floor)
Kolkata 700068
Presented by
Dr. Antara Seal

2. Agriculture causes
approximately 1/3rd
of global GHGs
Yet, agriculture when done in the ORGANIC way
that can sustain yield even while avoiding chemical
fertilizer, build soil fertility and improve
carbon sequestration; can be part of the
solution to mitigate GHG gases.
- (FAO, 2011)

3. Healthy Soil Fosters
. . . Healthy Plants
But restoration of
Soil Health is a
Time taking process
Resource Scarcity
for On- farm
Compost
Production
No Quality
Guarantee & High
Price of Off- farm
Organic Soil Input
High dosage
requirement
A SPEEDY
SOIL RESOURCE
RECOVERY
SYSTEM IS THE
ONLY
ANSWER
Enough Elements have
been added for this.
Its now time to add the
ENERGY, because the
elements are not deficient
…they are just de-
activated
Microflora are ‘THE ENERGY’ For Soil

4. . . . But in order to act effectively
under the existing unfavorable soil
these Nature’s Drivers of all Soil
Ecological Processes; Need to be
Self- Generated
Self-
generated
Microflora
High
Diversity
High
Population
Size
Naturally
Best Fit
Hence
&
ThereforeNovcom Composting Method
 Mature, Non- Phytotoxic Compost
from any type of biodegradable
resources, within 21 days.
 No requirement of Infrastructure
 COP approx.. Rs.1.50
 Quality adjudged - 23 parameter analysis
following National & International Stds.

5. But for successful fulfillment of the desired aim,
Congruence of healthy SOIL & healthy PLANT
will be the pre- requisite
Because in the event of resource scarcity for
sufficient compost generation for Effective
Organic Soil Management . . . . SOIL HEALTH
restoration will be a Time Taking Process
Soil Quality Restoration is an on- going Process . . . But, Focus on Plant Management
can help in achieving Time Bound Results . . . A Criteria Missed Out So Far

6. When Organic Agriculture can Sustain Crop & Enable
C- Sequestration Without Any Time Lag . . .
GHG MITIGATION IS THE NATURAL OUTCOME
YES! it is relatively easier to restore PLANT HEALTH
provided we can re-activate Plants’ inherent qualities of
Self- nourishment & Host Defense mechanism against
pest/ disease.
And with the Congruence of
Healthy Soil & Healthy Plant

7. Three Crops :
BABY CORN
(var. HM-4 ) - early winter
GREEN GRAM
(var. Samrat- PDM-84-139)- winter
OKRA
(var. Shakti -F1 hybrid) - rain fed
Two Treatments :
i) Conventional Farming
ii) Organic using IRF practice
FINDINGS FROM CROP SEQUENCE STUDY
A Collaborative Study with Visva Bharati University in the
Farmers’ Field, in the Birbhum District of West Bengal

8. 16% higher Rice Equivalent Yield under
Organic Management as compared to
conventional practice.
The result was significant considering that, all
crops in the studied sequence yielded
better under organic as compared to
conventional farming.
For Sustained Crop Production even from the very 1st year
ACTIVATED, RESILIENT & EFFICIENT Plant Physiology is A MUST

9. Agronomic Use Efficiency of the
studied Crop Sequence was 61% higher
under Organic Package of Practice as
compared to the conventional
Sustaining Yields of Field Crops under Organic Production
from the Very 1st Season
- a
Challenging Task
Activated
Physiology Alone
can Ensure Higher
Production even
under 100%
Elimination of
Synthetic Inputs

10. A True Organic Pathway, will initiate the process
of Soil Quality Regeneration
Soil Quality Index (SQI) is an important
tool for bringing forth the Status of Soil
Health especially under the existing
cultivation practices.
Post harvest analysis values indicated
a positive trend of Soil Quality under
organic management

11. Demonstration of Organic Agriculture as an
‘ Efficient GHG Mitigator ’
. . . YES! THIS IS THE FACT
RESILIENT PLANTS can Act Both as
DIRECT & INDIRECT MITIGATOR OF GHG’S
GHG emission under conventionally
managed baby corn – green gram –
okra crop sequence was (+) 2.62 kg
CO2-eq/ kg produce
Actual carbon sequestration under
Organic Package of Practice as
reflected by (-) 1.62 kg CO2-eq/ kg
produce.

12. A Comprehensive Organic Package of Practice is based on the
‘Element Energy Activation’ (E.E.A.) Principle.
It takes a Dual Approach of Soil & Plant Management
and serves to restore 2 Inherent Qualities of Plants i.e.
SENSE OF SELF – NOURISHMENT
SENSE OF SELF - PROTECTION

13. IRF Technology adopts the process of ENERGIZATION
. . . to bring about Time Bound Results
Activated Plant Physiology Alone can Ensure
Higher Production even under 100% Elimination
of Synthetic Chemicals
It can enable Resilient Plants that can deliver
even under the climate Change Impacts
Climate change impact is threatening even the
present production curves
70%
30%
P l a n t
M a n a g e m e n t

14. DIVERSE CROP . . . . Diverse Ecology
SUSTAINED/ HIGHER YIELD
POSITIVE SOIL NUTRIENT
BALANCE SHEET
NO RISE IN PRODUCTION
COST
Successful Organic
Conversion of
about
3.0 million kg Tea
for the last
15 years

15. Up to 24 % Higher Yields than Conventional
30 to 40 % Higher Nutrient Use Efficiency
DIVERSE CROP . . .
. . . DIVERSE ECOLOGY
SUSTAINED/
HIGHER
RICE
AROMATIC RICE
PULSES
VEGETABLES
EXOTIC VEGETABLES
FROM
THE
1st Year

16. Significant improvement of Soil Microbial
Activity post application of on-farm produced
NOVCOM COMPOST.

17. Up to 35 % increase in Carbon Sequestration
(-) 0.03 to (-) 1.0 kgCO2 eq./kg produce reflects both
Mitigation & Adaptation Aspects under True
Organic Farming
Net carbon footprint of
(-) 0.4 kgCO2e/kg tea
in W. Jalinga Tea Estate
CO2e neutral through
IRF Technology

18. LARGE SCALE Organic Farming is POSSIBLE
SUSTAINABLE LARGE SCALE Organic is POSSIBLE
To attain Food Security Soil Management alone shall not be
sufficient, focus on PLANT HEALTH MANAGEMENT,
will be necessary.
Consistent/ Higher Yields, improved Soil
Dynamics and efficient GHG C- sequestration
under IRF TECHNOLOGY indicates that it can be an effective
approach towards Climate Smart Agriculture