Advantages and limitations of Organic farming

Organic farming is that type of farming in which there is no use of chemicals and everything that is used to enhance the farmimg is natural for eg. use of cow urine and cow dung, in spite of synthetic pesticides there is a use  of neem as a pesticide. In general faming there is a huge use of chemical pesticides which kills the pests but they also harm the soil and decline the nutritional value of soil, thats why we use organic farming in organic farming we use natural fertilizers and natural pesticides which not only kills the pests but also increase the fetiliity of soil.
The demand of organic farming is increasing drastically, because now everyone knows the harmful effects of chemicals to crops and domestic animals.
In India Sikkim is the first orgnic state, because use of organic farming is huge in Sikkim. Here we will discuss the advantages and limitations of organic farming.

Advantages of organic farming

Out of advantages and limitations of organic farming we will discuss its advantages.Organic farming provides a lots of benefits to the farmers, which not only helps them in growing healthier crops but also rise the income of the farmer compartively. Some of these advantages are described here :-

• Profitable- Organic farming is much profiable as compared to other forms of farming, either n terms of money or other sources. Organic faming provides overall profit to the farmers this is the main readon why farmers arettracting towards organic farming as it is not only healthier for them but also economically beneficial for them.

• Soil conservation- 
  As we discussed earlier organic farming is not only helpful in controlling pest population but is also helpful in increasing nutrient value of soil and ptomoting soil fertility. For eg. Neem which is used as a substitute of pesticide not only kills the pest but also helps in increasing soil fertility. In thii way organic farming helps in soil conservation and promote the fertility of soil.

• Substitute costier  inputs- Organic farming do not include any synthetic chemicals which are very costly in market but organic farming do not include any of these costly chemicals instead of thee there is a use natural material wjich are generally free or very cheap, thus the costier inputs are replaced by cheaper substances.

• Higher income-
   The demands of organic farming is increasing day by day nit only in India but all over the world, so most of the products which are obtained from organic farming  are exported to foreign thus increase the income of farmers individiually and the economy of the country as well. This shows the benefits of the organic agriculture for increasing the economy of the nation and for overall development of nation.

• Higher labour requirement-  Labour intensity in India is very high,employment to these labourers is a very big challenge. Organic farming helps in this aspect, as organic farming requires manual work which requires labours, so this helps in providing employment to labourers. Noticing intensity of labourers in India it is a great benefit which is obtained from organic farming.

• Healthy food- The chemicals which are used in todays agriculture is very harmful for the health of the people as well for the domestic animals, soit is very important to control the use of these chemicals and organic farming is free from these cemicals and consists of natural inputs only so, the outputs produces from organic farming are healthier for us as well as for the domestic animals. Getting these healthier oitputs is a geat advantage of organic farming which makes the people healthier and also increases the income of the farmers.

Limtations of organic farming

• Lesser yield in initial years- The yield what the farmes got is less in initial few years as compared to those that they gotbthrough inorganic farming but this production increases after few years. This problem is limited to initial years only when the farmers adopt organic farming initially. 

• Shorter shelf life- Shorter shelf life is another disadvanage of organic farming , the commodities which are grown in organic farming is of shorter life the as preservatives are not used during farming of these commodities so certainly they are of shorter span.But they still they are healthier for people.

• Limited choice for production- The choice of production is not too vast hence there is little choice of production for farmers. Although the variety of crop that can be grown is very less or off season crop cannot be grown but still these limited crop can be grown with great efficiency. Hence we can say that in spite of few disadvantages it is still beneficial to accept organic farming.

 These were the advantages and limitations of organic farming. Therefore organic farming is very important for todays generation where the harmful effects of chemicals is on peak and affecting the lifestyle of people , in between all these factors organic farming not only remove all these chemicals from. our life but also helps the farmers economically. Either it is providing employment to the labourers or increase the income of farmers organic farming is beneficial in every aspect. So,it is important for today's generation to quit the use chemicals and move towards organic farming.