Question

Write a short note on organic farming( class9 CBSE)

Answer 1

Horticultural farms that grow fruits and vegetables in protected conditions often rely even more on external inputs. Biological research into soil and soil organisms has proven beneficial to organic farming. ... Increased manure improves biological activity, providing a healthier, more arable soil system and higher yields.

Answer 2

It is practice of raising unpolluted crops through the use of manures, biofertilizers and biopesticides with healthy cropping systems that provide optimum nutrients to plants and keep the pests as well as weeds under control.

In organic farming:

There is little or no use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides.therefore, there is no toxicity due to pollution of crop plants, soil, water or air.

Biofertilizers include the nitrogen fixing organism and mineral solubilizing bacteria.

Biopesticides are organism or their extracts which repel or kill weeds, insects and other pests.

Healthy cropping include mixed cropping, intercropping and crop rotation.