modern day farmers are searching for different methods of replenishing their fields,knowing well about the dangers posed by chemical fertilizers. elaborate on any two safe and economical methods that could be used by the farmers to help their crops grow well

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Organic farming is a farming system with minimal or no use of chemicals as fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides etc and with a maximum input of organic manures, recycled farm-wastes, use of bio-agents such as culture of blue green algae in preparation of biofertilizers, neem leaves or turmeric specifically in grain storage as bio-pesticides, with healthy cropping systems such as mixed cropping, inter-cropping and crop rotation.

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