Organic Farming And Its Self -Sustaining Capability: A Review

Abstract

Organic farming ecosystem is the unit of the biosphere where the different organisms being interdependent on one another strive towards maintaining a balance in the input and output through their unique interactions. Biotic as well as the abiotic factors are synchronized in a way to maintain the optimum food chain and web that inculcates the healthy environment. The system is self-regulatory and self-reliant in terms of maintaining its own health by means of different nutrient and water cycles. The microbes that form the fundamental units in the organic ecosystem have the capability to increase their population and diversity as a result of the enriched soil health and availability of substrates. Although, there are several hurdles in the ways of farmers to adopt organic farming completely, like longer turnover period, hesitation in certifications, etc; yet framing of suitable policies by government along with incentivizing and making farmers aware could be a solution to switch the mind sets of farmers. For this, the concept of organic ecosystem and its bio-dynamics has to be very clear.