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Organic Farming: Growth and Issues

Organic Farming: Growth and Issues
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Author(s): Aditya Vikram Agrawal (Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, India), Charu Sharma (Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, India), Neha Joshi (Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, India), Siddharth Jindal (Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, India), V. Raghavendra (Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, India)and Vaibhav Kango (Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, India)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 18
Source title: Promoting Socio-Economic Development through Business Integration
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Shalini Kalia (IMT Ghaziabad, India), Bhavna Bhalla (IMT Ghaziabad, India), Lipi Das (IMT Ghaziabad, India)and Neeraj Awasthy (IMT Ghaziabad, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8259-7.ch021

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Abstract

India practised organic farming in early centuries but Green revolution lead to shift of farming to fertilizer based farming. So, in this chapter the focus is to elucidate the idea of organic farming and its growth over the years across the countries with focus on India. Organic farming is a type of farming method where the crops are sowed and raised by using organic wastes instead of the regular use of pesticides and insecticides. This method has been quickly accepted and adopted by most of the countries across the world with the number being 144 in the year 2010 with major percentage being practised in developing nations. Out of this, India has just about 0.03 percent of the total land under organic farming across the world. India has witnessed a significant growth in organic farming since the last few years, keeping in sync with the world market.

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