1) Organic farming in India provides long-term benefits to people and the environment by increasing soil fertility without harming the environment or water quality. 2) Organic farming uses natural fertilizers and pest control methods like compost and crop rotation instead of chemicals. 3) The market for organic food in India is growing 20-22% each year, and some Indian states like Sikkim are working towards becoming completely organic.

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)