PANDITA RAMABAI- Indian political thought GENDER.pptx
Organic farming
1.
2. • Introduction
• Integration of systems
• Organic Farming in India
• Clean Greens
• Alternate Energy Use
• Bt Cotton
• 2 Case Studies – New Delhi
– Kerala
• Food Safety
• Specific Objectives
3. • Organic farming is the form of agriculture that relies on
techniques such as crop rotation, green manure, compost
and biological pest control to maintain soil productivity
and control pests on a farm.
4. • Organic agriculture is a production system that sustains the
health of soils, ecosystems and people.
• Organic agriculture combines tradition, innovation and
science to benefit the shared environment and promote fair
relationships and a good quality of life for all involved.
• Organic farming also involves:
careful use of water resources
good animal husbandry
5. • The concept of polyculture should not be limited to plants
only but extended to cover the whole farm.
• An example of such integration is : rice-fish/prawn systems
where the fish/prawn mature in the waterlogged fields and
are harvested before the water drains away (making use of
available resources).
6. • A larger and more permanent example of integration could
be : annual crops + tree crops + dairy cows + honey bees.
• The animals and tree crops are benefited by the honey bees
(pollination);
• crop residues and tree prunings are useful as cattle feed,
green leaf manure and in composts;
• the dung from the cattle is useful at the bio-gas plant, after
which the slurry finds use in the fields as manure and in the
compost heap.
7.
8. • Farming in India probably tended more or less towards
organic methods until the 1960s. It was labor-intensive.
• Green Revolution was an important Indian government
program, it emphasized hybrid seeds, and chemical
fertilizers and pesticides.
• But the downside of commercial farming was seen in
air/ground/water pollution; indebtedness from the high
costs of chemicals, mechanization, and transport;
involvement in the world economy, and therefore it lead to
sensitivity to demand and supply pressures outside of India;
and poor soil quality.
9. • With the 21st century, organic methods are becoming
more popular. For the costs may not be low. But then
neither are the profits.
• European and North American buyers are looking to high
standards, in both non-organic and organic food production.
10. Exports of Organic Products
from INDIA - 2000
PRODUCTS TONNES
Tea 3000
Rice 2500
Pulses and Vegetables 1800
Cotton 1200
Wheat 1150
Spices 700
Coffee 550
Cashew nut 375
Pulses 300
Herbal Products 250
Oil Seeds 100
TOTAL 11925
11. Clean Greens! Food Stays Fresh Longer -- Tastes Better
• Concentrated Produce Wash: Clean Greens! detoxifies produce to
remove chemicals, microorganisms, waxes, air-borne dust particulates
(including jet stream particles) and dirt accumulated from the soil,
cultivation, distribution, and handling.
• Clean Greens! preserves the natural, firm texture and reveals
the natural taste and aroma of fresh produce.
• EVEN "PREWASHED" LETTUCE & SPINACH NEEDS TO BE WASHED
WITH CLEAN GREENS!
The majority of these mixes are washed in a chlorine-based rinse and
residues will remain.
12. •Washing the products in Clean Greens! will turn the chlorine
into harmless, odorless, tasteless chloride.
Clean Greens! is made from all food-grade
ingredients that are biodegradable, will not
penetrate cell walls, and wash off completely.
Great for -
berries,
lettuce,
mushrooms,
sweet
potatoes,
peaches,
grapes, carrots,
celery,
cantaloupe --
any of your
favorite fruits
and
vegetables.
13. • Food safety has become one of the most sensitive issues.
•Clean Greens! has been created to address all of these issues. Clean
Greens! will also make non-organically grown produce closer to
organic produce.
•Organic may reduce the pesticide fears, but quality and yield
sometimes suffer and the nature of the process, (organic fertilizers,
etc.) creates an atmosphere that requires an especially attentive
cleaning process to reduce levels of bacteria, mold, and other
potential illness residues.
14. According to published information, the Center for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC),
food borne diseases cause are estimated:
· 325,000 serious illnesses
· 76 million cases of gastrointestinal illness
· 5,000 deaths each year
15. An organic farm should ideally rely as less as possible on
grid electricity and fossil fuel for its energy needs. Some
easily-implemented options for any farm in terms of
alternate and / or renewable energy use are :
•Animal labor •Biomagnifications
• Solar Power •Biofuels
•Biogas
• Wind Power
•Smokeless stoves/chulhas
16. •Cotton and other monocultured crops require an intensive
use of pesticides as various types of pests attack these crops
causing extensive damage.
• The Bt cotton variety contains a foreign gene obtained
from bacillus thuringiensis. This bacterial gene,
introduced genetically into the cotton seeds, protects the
plants from bollworm (A. lepidoptora), a major pest of
cotton.
• Bt cotton requires only two sprays of chemical pesticide
against eight sprays for normal variety.
21. BIO FRESH (Fruit and Vegetable
cleanser)
•Organic concept to rescue our
generation from deadly PESTICIDES.
•One can wash out all chemicals and
pesticides from fruits & vegetables
washing
with diluted BIO FRESH.
•No harm it is organic.
22. Commercial Fruit and Commercial Fruit and
Vegetable Washer SXQ330- Vegetable Washer SXQ150-
PA PA
•Food materials suppliers •Ozone disinfection washer
and distributing for fruit and vegetable
companies •Feeding facilities for
•Big restaurants students and other groups
•Disinfection and •Dining halls in hospitals and
deodorization public institutions
•Disinfection of bacteria •Big restaurants
•Removing pesticide
•Deodorization of smell
