1Department of Agricultural Sciences, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Email id: sunil.agriculture@tmu.ac.in
Online Published on 20 January, 2022.
Organic farming, formerly seen as a fringe movement of questionable reputation, grew from humble beginnings to acquire recognition and expand across the globe, with annual sales of about US$40 billion. One of the current arguments in this area is whether organic farming is just a status symbol or if it is really healthier for us. Failures of the green revolution, dwindling biodiversity and agricultural yields, worsening human and environmental health, and other factors have prompted us to reconsider agriculture in general, and sustainable agriculture in particular. In Kerala, for example, farmers, environmentalists, and policymakers took the unusual step of adopting a legislation requiring all growers in the state to cultivate organically by 2020. The example of Kerala demonstrates that, when done correctly, this kind of agriculture can benefit everyone in our global food system. With reference to India, the purpose of this article is to offer a range of views on the nature and significance of organic farming, as well as to explain the pattern of development of the organic food system. The article does a good job of addressing some of the problems as well as some of the uncertainty regarding its future growth.
Organic Agriculture, Organic Farming, Organic Food, Sustainable Development
