Vedic Krishi

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VEDIC KRISHI

ORGANIC FARMING

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SRI SATHYA SAI ORGANISATIONTAMILNADU – NILGIRI DISTRICT

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1. Chemical free traditional farming

technologies (Organic, Biodynamic,

Panchagavya, Agnihotra) are gaining

momentum all over the world.

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2. Impact of Chemical based practices.

• Compaction of soil structure,

• Low organic matter content in the soil,

• Poor water holding capacity of the soil,

• Adverse effect on flora and fauna,

• Problem associated with residual toxicity,

• Increase in hazards with outbreak of pest

and disease including weeds,

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3. Biodynamic Agriculture

• Organic production system - micronutrients are not taken care of.

• Biodynamic agriculture - sound alternative.

• Biodynamic farming is becoming popular in several countries - Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and U.S.A. etc.

• In India – Ooty(Tamil Nadu),Indore(Madhya Pradesh) Uttar Pradesh, Uttranchal and NEH states.

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4. Biodynamic farming refers

Biodynamic farming refers to “working with

the energies which create and maintain

life”. In biodynamic agriculture, the use of all

the five energies i.e. Earth, Water, Air, Fire and

Cosmic are utilized judiciously.

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5.Biodynamic agriculture - principles:

•To restore the soil, through incorporation of Organic matter. •To establish, maintain and increase soil as living system,

• Organic matter as the basic factor for the soil life,

• Biodynamic method is not only fertilizing the soil but skilful application of factors contributing to soil life and health,

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Biodynamic agriculture – principles – Contd

• Establish a system that brings into balance all factors

which maintains life.

• It puts special emphasis on the importance of crop

rotation, green manuring and cover crops,

• In biodynamic way of treating manure and

composts, knowledge of enzyme, harmone and other

factors are also considered.

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6.Nilgiris District – Present Scenario

• The rich, organic fertile soil conditions in Nilgiris

made agriculture successful.

• Mild summer and mild winter prevailing in the

Nilgiris favours cultivation of exotic vegetables,

cutflowers etc.

• The changing cropping pattern has led to incidence

of insect pests, nematodes and diseases in hill crops.

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Nilgiris District – Contd…

During the last three decades, agricultural scenario in the Nilgiris ecosystem has been drastically changed due to extensive and intensive cropping system with high input use mainly the chemicals.

The excess use of chemicals and fertilizers has created problems such as deterioration in soil fertility, soil biomass, soil microbial activity, which has increased the environmental pollution, residual toxicity, health problems and soil erosion.

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7. Vedic krishi and Sri Sathya Sai Organisation.

Objective

1)Promoting Organic agriculture as a sustainable,

safe and healthy method of increasing production

with special price advantage.

2) Resolving often extreme distress in rural farming

communities resulting from high input cost, low

returns, increase in debts etc.

3) Reliance and locally available, affordable and

environmental friendly inputs.

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Vedic krishi and Sri Sathya Sai Organisation-Contd

4)Increase self reliance through inclusion of local seeds, manures and indigenous practices for plant protection.

5)Encouraging mixed farming aimed at household food security while conserving biodiversity and local cultural values.

6)Preparing farmers for competitive marketing through value additions eg. Through quality, speciality products and processing.

7)Creating consumer awareness on respectful natural farming and safe food.

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8.Major activities initiated by Sri Sathya Sai Organisation

1)To help the farmers in converting conventional farms into organic farms with time bound programs.

2)To integrate all land based activity like agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry and other land use activities.

3) To create wide spread awareness throughout the district the importance of organic farming and safety food.

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8.Major activities initiated by Sri Sathya Sai Organisation

4)Identifying model villages and intensifying the organic farm activity like biodynamic compost, vermicompost / vermin wash, seed treatment / foliar spraying of biodynamic preparation, agnihotra ( Homa ) farming etc., initiated in 9 villages.

5)Intensive training to district level resource persons, skill training at village levels.

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9.Supporting Agencies in the District

1)Tamilnadu Agriculture University TNAU (Horticulture Research Ooty)

2)Earth Trust – The Trust promotes organic, biodynamic farming, sustainable health, and organic marketing and income generation projects.

3)Department of Horticulture – Government of Tamilnadu supports the farmers through National Horticulture Mission projects.

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10.Core Group formed in the District

1)Sri K. Shanmugam - Assistant Director of Horticulture Dept of Horticulture

2)Dr. N. Selvaraj - Professor & Head Horticulture Research Station TNAU–Ooty

3)Sri.N.Sivasubramaniam - Horticulture officer - Ooty

4)Mr. Vanya Orr - Founder Earth Trust - Ooty

5)Dr.S.Ramu - District President.

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11. Research Institutes/SAUs associated with the Network on Organic Agriculture

1.Madhya Pradesh - Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal

2.Kerala - Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut

3.Himachal Pradesh - Chaudhary Srawan Kumar Himachal

Pradesh Krishi Vishvidyalaya, Palampur

4.Uttaranchal - Govind Ballabh Pant University of

Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar

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Research Institutes/SAUs associated with the Network on Organic Agriculture – Contd…

5.Madhya Pradesh - Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishvavidyalaya,

Jabalpur

6.Chhattisgarh - Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishvavidyalaya,

Raipur

7.Tamil Nadu - Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,

Coimbatore

8.Jharkhand - Birsa Agricultural university, Ranchi

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11. Research Institutes/SAUs associated with the Network on Organic Agriculture – Contd…

9.Sikkim - ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region,

Sikkim

10.Karnataka - University of Agricultural Sciences,

Dharwad

11.Maharashtra - Dr.Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi

Vidyapeeth, Dapoli

12.Punjab - Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

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Vedic Krishi Concept – Powerpoint Presentation

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Organic Agriculture – Powerpoint Presentation

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Participating Members

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Agni Hotra (Homa) - Demo

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Organic Farming - Fields

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Organic Farming - Fields

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