Eco-farming:

♤ It is the farming mutually reinforcing ecological approaches to food production. It aims at the maintenance of soil chemically, biologically and physically the way nature would do if left alone. Soil would then take proper care of plants growing on it. Feed the soil, not the plant is the watchword and slogan of ecological farming.

Organic Vs. Inorganic Fertilizers

Organic Fertilizers		Inorganic Fertilizer
Three common forms: animal manure, green manure and compost.		Does not add humus to the soil, resulting in less ability to hold water and support living organisms (earthworms, beneficial bacterial, and fungi, etc.)
Improves soil texture, adds organic nitrogen, and stimulates beneficial bacterial and fungi.		Lowers oxygen content of the soil thereby keeping fertilizer from being taken up efficiently.
Improves water-holding capacity of soil.		Supplies only a limited number of nutrients (usually nitrogen and phosphorus)
Organic Fertilizers	Inorganic Fertilizer
Helps to prevent erosion	Requires large amounts of energy to produce, transport, and apply. Release nitrous oxide (N2O) —a greenhouse gas.

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