Organic Farming: Eco-friendly Farming
Sunday, January 14th, 2007Organic Farming is the natural way of growing the edible plants and shrubs. This process is not novel or any modified one, but simply it is a back to basics course. A crude definition of Organic Farming is by Codex Alimentarius Commission, a joint body of FAO/WHO “organic agriculture as holistic food production management systems, which promotes and enhances agro-ecosystem health, including biodiversity, biological cycles, and soil biological activity. It emphasizes the use of management practices in preference to the use of off-farm inputs, taking into account that regional conditions require locally adapted systems. This is accomplished by using, where possible, agronomic, biological and mechanical methods, as opposed to using synthetic materials, to fulfil any specific function within the system”.
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