Organic Farming a Pathway to Achieve Sustainable Agriculture Development: A Comprehensive Review
Sudip Bhaumik
Department of Agronomy, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, 144401, India.
Rajeev
Department of Agricultural Engineering, VKS College of Agriculture (BAU, Sabour), Dumraon, Bihar, 802136, India.
Sourabh Kumar *
Department of Agronomy, VKS College of Agriculture (BAU, Sabour), Dumraon, Bihar, 802136, India.
Asha Kumari
Department of Agronomy, VKS College of Agriculture (BAU, Sabour), Dumraon, Bihar, 802136, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Sustainable agriculture development through organic farming not only provides food requirements for the current creation in an environmentally friendly way manner also however provides food for prospective generations and controls our surroundings. Mainly, quality food is provided by organic farming without negative effects on the condition and effectiveness of the soil side by side with the environment. Organic farming also helps to produce a larger quantity of food for a huge amount of the Indian population. In current agriculture huge number of pesticides, fertilizers and synthetic compounds are used, which causes adverse impacts on soil health, water hazards, toxic residues increasing in the animal feed industry and the food chain in this manner increasing healthcare issues. The objective of the review paper is to identify synthetic fertilizers and pesticides that can be replaced with natural alternatives as well as to examine how organic farming might promote sustainability in agriculture.
Keywords: Biofertilizers, bio-pesticides, manure, organic farming, sustainable agriculture