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Natural Farming in Harmony with the Sustainable Ecosystem


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1 Department of Environmental Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore-560 056, Karnataka, India
 

The concept of sustainable agriculture serves a broad range of needs at the local level and is highly important for the quality of life. Agriculture systems purposefully disrupt natural systems, in an ecological sense, through patterns of human intervention. The increased consumption pattern of chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides has led to changes in physicochemical and biological properties of soil. The chemical farming system has led to considerable loss of soil organic matter showing 0.66% when compared to natural farm soil, which shows 2.7% of organic matter. 86 mg/kg of heavy metals like chromium was detected in chemical farming, which is detrimental to the growth and development of plants.

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Sustainable Agriculture, Natural Farming, Chemical Farming, Pesticide, Fertilizers, Soil Organic Matter.
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Authors

N. Nandini
Department of Environmental Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore-560 056, Karnataka, India
B. S. Anupama
Department of Environmental Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore-560 056, Karnataka, India
S. Pavithra
Department of Environmental Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore-560 056, Karnataka, India

Abstract


The concept of sustainable agriculture serves a broad range of needs at the local level and is highly important for the quality of life. Agriculture systems purposefully disrupt natural systems, in an ecological sense, through patterns of human intervention. The increased consumption pattern of chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides has led to changes in physicochemical and biological properties of soil. The chemical farming system has led to considerable loss of soil organic matter showing 0.66% when compared to natural farm soil, which shows 2.7% of organic matter. 86 mg/kg of heavy metals like chromium was detected in chemical farming, which is detrimental to the growth and development of plants.

Keywords


Sustainable Agriculture, Natural Farming, Chemical Farming, Pesticide, Fertilizers, Soil Organic Matter.