Organic Farming in Rainfed Agriculture

Not AvailableDuring the last two decades, there has been a significant sensitization of the global community on environmental conservation and safe food. Organic Agriculture (OA) is now becoming mainstream all over the world. While OA has a long history, the modern organic movement is radically different from its original form. Now it has environmental sustainability at its core in addition to the concerns for healthy soil and healthy food. In India, organic farming has started simultaneously from two streams. While the commercial growers of spices, basmati rice and cotton adopted organic for premium prices in export market, resource-poor farmers in rainfed marginal lands adopted it as an alternative livelihood approach, which not only promises clean environment and healthy food but also ensures soil fertility, long-term sustainability and freedom form debt and market forces. What is unique with this growing concept of organic farming in India is that, it holds the last hope to the farmers.Not Availabl