Organic Farming, benefits Organic Farming, benefits and scopeand scope

ORGANIC FARMINGORGANIC FARMING

Organic farming is the process of Organic farming is the process of producing food naturally. This producing food naturally. This method avoids the use of synthetic method avoids the use of synthetic chemical fertilizers and genetically chemical fertilizers and genetically modified organisms to influence the modified organisms to influence the growth of cropsgrowth of crops Organic farming is the form of Organic farming is the form of agriculture that relies on techniques such agriculture that relies on techniques such as crop rotation, green manure, compost, as crop rotation, green manure, compost, and biological pest and biological pest

Principles of Organic Principles of Organic Farming Farming

There are 4 main principles of Organic FarmingThere are 4 main principles of Organic Farming

Organic agriculture is based onOrganic agriculture is based on

The principle of healthThe principle of health

The principle of ecologyThe principle of ecology

The principle of fairnessThe principle of fairness

The principle of careThe principle of care

Organic matter status of Organic matter status of Pakistan soilsPakistan soils

In Pakistan, the soils are very poor in In Pakistan, the soils are very poor in organic matter than the desirable organic matter than the desirable level. A soil having 1.29 % C is level. A soil having 1.29 % C is considered to be sufficient in organic considered to be sufficient in organic mattematte

Pakistan and organic Pakistan and organic farmingfarming

More than 90% farmer practice More than 90% farmer practice conventional farming by usingconventional farming by using

Synthetic FertilizerSynthetic Fertilizer PesticidePesticide WeedicideWeedicide Intensive tillageIntensive tillage

Pakistan Organic Agriculture Pakistan Organic Agriculture Scenario Scenario

In 2005-2006 total area under In 2005-2006 total area under organic agriculture was 35000 acres organic agriculture was 35000 acres which increased to 150000 acres which increased to 150000 acres (approx.) by 2009-2010.(approx.) by 2009-2010.

Steps To be Taken For organic Steps To be Taken For organic farmingfarming

Government PoliciesGovernment Policies Special supply chainSpecial supply chain Marketing facilitiesMarketing facilities Individual Farmer willingIndividual Farmer willing Base from small areaBase from small area Awareness about organic foodAwareness about organic food Quality base priceQuality base price

Benefits of organic farmingBenefits of organic farming

Improvement of soil biological activity. Improvement of soil biological activity. Improvement of physical characteristics of soil. Improvement of physical characteristics of soil. Reducing nitrate leaching. Reducing nitrate leaching. Increasing and improving wild life habitant. Increasing and improving wild life habitant. Healthy foodHealthy food Eco friendlyEco friendly Minimum soil degradationMinimum soil degradation Micro organisms are safeMicro organisms are safe Organic food is more nutriousOrganic food is more nutrious Soil conservationSoil conservation

Constrains in organic Constrains in organic farmingfarming

Government price policies causing low Government price policies causing low agricultural incomeagricultural income

Organic agriculture requires time and Organic agriculture requires time and well trained extension workerswell trained extension workers

market development are government market development are government fair and the sole of major super marketsfair and the sole of major super markets

Major problem is lack of public Major problem is lack of public awareness of organic foodawareness of organic food

Constrains in organic farming Constrains in organic farming in Pakistanin Pakistan

Development of viable producer and Development of viable producer and consumer linkagesconsumer linkages

Organic farms spent more on labour .Organic farms spent more on labour . Agronomic crops are high fertilizer Agronomic crops are high fertilizer

responsive is also a problemresponsive is also a problem Farmer perception ,it is not more Farmer perception ,it is not more

economical.economical. We can not sudden convince farmer about We can not sudden convince farmer about

organic farming.organic farming.

Aim for organic farmingAim for organic farming

A sufficiently high level of productivity,A sufficiently high level of productivity, compatibility of cultivation with thecompatibility of cultivation with the natural cycles of the production systemnatural cycles of the production system maintaining and increasing the maintaining and increasing the

longtermlongterm fertility of soil.fertility of soil. maximum possible use of renewablemaximum possible use of renewable resources,resources,

Scope of organic farmingScope of organic farming

Scope for bio fertilizer companiesScope for bio fertilizer companies Biopesticide and other allied agenciesBiopesticide and other allied agencies Women in Pakistan agriculture, can Women in Pakistan agriculture, can

perform the following functions as good as perform the following functions as good as men:men:

Transplanting of vegetables, rice, and bare Transplanting of vegetables, rice, and bare root plants. root plants.

Intercultivation of vegetable of removal of Intercultivation of vegetable of removal of weeds and unwanted growth.  weeds and unwanted growth. 

Scope of organic farming in Scope of organic farming in PakistanPakistan

Picking of cotton, small fruits, Picking of cotton, small fruits, vegetables, berries of all types, vegetables, berries of all types, harvesting of wheat, rice and other harvesting of wheat, rice and other crops. crops.

They however excel men in all those They however excel men in all those operations which require squatting to operations which require squatting to carryout operations near the ground and carryout operations near the ground and keep moving simultaneouslykeep moving simultaneously

Farmer can get high pricesFarmer can get high prices

Organic farming In PakistanOrganic farming In Pakistan

In our univeristy is also work on organic In our univeristy is also work on organic farmingfarming

In Hafiz Abad Kot mubarak(kernal mill) In Hafiz Abad Kot mubarak(kernal mill)

kitchen Gardeningkitchen Gardening

Roshni foodsRoshni foods

Hanza foodsHanza foods

Taj foodsTaj foods