Evolving Farming Practices in India: Adapting to Modern Demands
B.S. Anusha
Division of Environmental Sciences, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (110 012), India
Arti Bhatia*
Division of Environmental Sciences, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (110 012), India
Sandeep Kumar
Division of Environmental Sciences, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (110 012), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Farming system, Natural farming, Organic inputs, Regenerative agriculture
Abstract
Globally, increasing population, climate change, disasters and lifestyle changes pushes the development of different types of farming system and their adoption on large scale for the fulfilment of food requirement. These farming systems such as organic, conventional, conservation, natural and regenerative farming are unique and contrast with each other in their input uses and management practices. Organic farming focused on the management of ecosystem without hampering its properties by avoiding the application of synthetic chemicals whereas traditional farming emphasises subsistence utilising natural resources. Conventional farming highly depended on the agro-chemicals and farm machineries and not much taking care of soil health and biodiversity. In conservation farming, retention of crop residues is prioritised for maintaining the soil fertility. The regenerative agriculture emphasises the ideas of plant diversity, soil cover and less chemical use for restoring soil health and improving the ecosystem services. Natural farming based the microbial formulation and on-farm resources for the sustainable production for the food security.
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