Organic Farming in Telangana - Scope and Opportunities
A. V. Ramanjaneyulu
Agricultural Research Station (Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University), Tornala, Siddipet, Telangana (502 114), India
D. Swetha
Agricultural Research Station (Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University), Tornala, Siddipet, Telangana (502 114), India
N. Sainath
Agricultural Research Station (Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University), Tornala, Siddipet, Telangana (502 114), India
R. Jagadeeshwar
Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana (500 030), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Climate change, Factor productivity, Green revolution, Pollution
Abstract
The modern Agricultural practices led by green revolution technologies helped the country to achieve self sufficiency in food production, but, left with innumerable no. of problems like decline in factor productivity, environmental pollution and degradation, depletion of natural resources, emergence of micro-nutrient deficiencies and super weeds, increased cost of production, loss of biodiversity, increased emission of green house gases and climate change. Organic farming was found to be an eco-friendly practice to reverse the ill effects of modern Agriculture. The state of Telangana has formulated a favourable organic farming policy. In this article, the problems with modern Agriculture, scope and opportunities for organic farming in the Telangana were discussed.
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Ramanjaneyulu, A.V., Sainath, N., Srinivas, M., 2020. Promotion of Organic Farming: Roles of Key Players. Biotica Research Today 2(8), 731-734.