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• In India, this organic farming is a boon because it relies on natural materials
that are available in abundance and also leads to cost-cutting for the farmers
who had to spend too much for chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

• Apart from the organic components, it promotes the use of practices that
protect the land from degrading and soil from pollution. For example, crop
rotation, crop diversity etc.

• These practices enable the land to keep its fertility intact. Moreover, it relies
on the action of micro-organisms and natural nitrogen fixations which are
good for the soil.
• The use of harmful weedicides for killing of weeds is also replaced by natural
weed management. Mowing, cutting, flame weeding etc are some of the
techniques that are used for the same.
• Integrated pest control, integrated nutrient management, use of a hybrid
variety of seeds and a focus on labour-intensive technologies makes organic
farming all the more attractive.
• Raising natural livestock under healthy conditions is another salient feature of
organic farming.
• Organic farming has helped us increase the food safety and food security.
Organic foods have helped us achieve self -sufficiency.
People all over the country have become more health conscious and now
prefer organic and farm fresh foods.
• There are 700 Krishi Vigyan Kendras that are always ready to guide the Indian
farmers for any problems they face while farming and to teach them how to
make use of new and improved technologies.
• The Farming Community set up the Organic Farming Association of
India(OFAI) in 2002. It has programmes for guiding the farmers about organic
farming and brings in them the much-needed awareness.
• There are organic farms that have become a talk of the town on the internet.
Happy Hens organic farm, Vrindavan farm, Back to Basics are some of the
popular ones.

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