Question

Give one word for the following:

Raising of crop by using organic manures and biopesticides, and applying biological control.

Answer 1

Organic Farming

1. Organic farming is the practice of raising crops with minimum or no use of chemicals as fertilizers and pesticides.
2. It involves raising crops by the extensive use of:

• Organic fertilizers or manure (farmyard manure or vermicompost) or biofertilizers (blue green algae) to maintain soil fertility.
• Different cropping patterns (crop rotation, mixed cropping and intercropping) to protect crops from weeds.
• Mechanical and manual methods of weeding (to remove weeds) from the crop.
• Biopesticides (like neem extract) to repel insects and other pests.