The document discusses different types of organic farming such as pure organic farming and integrated organic farming. It outlines the advantages of integrated organic farming as increased productivity and profitability from recycling waste materials and generating income throughout the year. The document also notes some disadvantages of organic farming including the need for knowledge of organic manures and potential for reduced crop yields.

1. Types, needs of organic farming
Sankrita Gaonkar
Assistant Professor in Botany
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2. Contents
• Types of organic farming
• Need of organic farming

3. Types of organic farming
1) Pure organic farming
• Uses natural ways for cultivation.
• Completely avoid use of chemicals.
• Organic pesticides and biofertilizers are used.

4. Cont…
2) Integrated organic farming
• Integrated pest management.
• Integrated nutrient management.
• To achieve ecological requirement and fulfil
economic demands.

5. Disadvantages of organic farming:
• It requires knowledge of making and using
organic manures effectively.
• More time is required to obtain results of
organic farming.
• Reduction in crop yield.
• Less profit.

6. Advantages of integrated organic farming
• Increased productivity
• Increased profitability: Use waste material of one
component at the least cost. Thus reduction of cost of
production and form the linkage of utilization of waste
material, elimination of middleman interference in most
input used. Working out net profit B/ C ratio is increased.
• Recycling: Effective recycling of waste material in IFFS.
• Income Rounds the year: Due to interaction of
enterprises with crops, eggs, milk, mushroom, honey,
cocoons silkworm. Provides flow of money to the farmer
round the year.

7. • Saving Energy: To identify an alternative source to
reduce our dependence on fossil energy source within
short time. Effective recycling technique the organic
wastes available in the system can be utilized to
generate biogas. Energy crisis can be postponed to
the later period.
• Employment Generation: Combing crop with
livestock enterprises would increase the labour
requirement significantly and would help in reducing
the problems of under employment to a great extent
IFS provide enough scope to employ family labour
round the year.

8. Disadvantages of Integrated organic
farming
• Double benefit with double responsibility.
• Plant farming and animal rearing contradict
each other.
• Require lot of management and care.

9. Need of organic farming
• Organic food industry is growing fast and
guarantees high profitability
• Environmental sustainability and food security
• Improvement of human health
• Nutrient rich food
• Rich taste of organic produce
• Analytical authentication assures quality product

10. References
• https://agriinfo.in/benefits-or-advantages-of-integrated-
farming-system-670/