Organic Soil and Sustainable Agriculture: Needs and Prospects in India-A Review

This review paper attempts to bring together different issues in the light of recent developments in organic farming. Adequate levels of soil fertility and plant nutrients are important to farming, whether the practices are considered “conventional” or “sustainable.” India has traditionally been a country of organic agriculture, but the growth of modern scientific, input intensive agriculture has pushed it to wall. But with the increasing awareness about the safety and quality of foods, long term sustainability of the system and accumulating evidences of being equally productive, the organic farming has emerged as an alternative system of farming which not only address the quality and sustainability concerns, but also ensures a debt free, profitable livelihood option.