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VEDIC KRISHI
ORGANIC FARMING
by
SRI SATHYA SAI ORGANISATION
TAMILNADU – NILGIRI DISTRICT
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1. Chemical free traditional farming
technologies (Organic, Biodynamic,
Panchagavya, Agnihotra) are gaining
momentum all over the world.
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2. Impact of Chemical based practices.
• Compaction of soil structure,
• Low organic matter content in the soil,
• Poor water holding capacity of the soil,
• Adverse effect on flora and fauna,
• Problem associated with residual toxicity,
• Increase in hazards with outbreak of pest
and disease including weeds,
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3. Biodynamic Agriculture
• Organic production system - micronutrients are not
taken care of.
• Biodynamic agriculture
- sound alternative.
• Biodynamic farming is becoming popular in several
countries - Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and
U.S.A. etc.
• In India – Ooty(Tamil Nadu),Indore(Madhya Pradesh)
Uttar Pradesh, Uttranchal and NEH states.
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4. Biodynamic farming refers
Biodynamic farming refers to “working with
the energies which create and maintain
life”. In biodynamic agriculture, the use of all
the five energies i.e. Earth, Water, Air, Fire and
Cosmic are utilized judiciously.
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5.Biodynamic agriculture - principles:
•To restore the soil, through incorporation of Organic
matter.
•To establish, maintain and increase soil as living
system,
• Organic matter as the basic factor for the soil life,
• Biodynamic method is not only fertilizing the soil but
skilful application of factors contributing to soil life
and health,
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Biodynamic agriculture – principles –
Contd
• Establish a system that brings into balance all factors
which maintains life.
• It puts special emphasis on the importance of crop
rotation, green manuring and cover crops,
• In biodynamic way of treating manure and
composts, knowledge of enzyme, harmone and other
factors are also considered.
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6.Nilgiris District – Present Scenario
• The rich, organic fertile soil conditions in Nilgiris
made agriculture successful.
• Mild summer and mild winter prevailing in the
Nilgiris favours cultivation of exotic vegetables,
cutflowers etc.
• The changing cropping pattern has led to incidence
of insect pests, nematodes and diseases in hill crops.
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Nilgiris District – Contd…
During the last three decades, agricultural scenario
in the Nilgiris ecosystem has been drastically
changed due to extensive and intensive cropping
system with high input use mainly the chemicals.
The excess use of chemicals and fertilizers has
created problems such as deterioration in soil
fertility, soil biomass, soil microbial activity, which
has increased the environmental pollution, residual
toxicity, health problems and soil erosion.
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7. Vedic krishi and Sri Sathya Sai Organisation.
Objective
1)Promoting Organic agriculture as a sustainable,
safe and healthy method of increasing production
with special price advantage.
2) Resolving often extreme distress in rural farming
communities resulting from high input cost, low
returns, increase in debts etc.
3) Reliance and locally available, affordable and
environmental friendly inputs.
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Vedic krishi and Sri Sathya Sai Organisation-Contd
4)Increase self reliance through inclusion of local
seeds, manures and indigenous practices for plant
protection.
5)Encouraging mixed farming aimed at household food
security while conserving biodiversity and local
cultural values.
6)Preparing farmers for competitive marketing
through value additions eg. Through quality,
speciality products and processing.
7)Creating consumer awareness on respectful natural
farming and safe food.
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8.Major activities initiated by Sri Sathya Sai
Organisation
1)To help the farmers in converting conventional
farms into organic
farms with time bound
programs.
2)To integrate all land based activity like agriculture,
horticulture, animal husbandry and other land use
activities.
3) To create wide spread awareness throughout the
district the importance of organic farming and
safety food.
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8.Major activities initiated by Sri Sathya Sai
Organisation
4)Identifying model villages and intensifying the
organic farm activity like biodynamic compost,
vermicompost / vermin wash, seed treatment /
foliar
spraying
of
biodynamic
preparation,
agnihotra ( Homa ) farming etc., initiated in 9
villages.
5)Intensive training to district level
persons, skill training at village levels.
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9.Supporting Agencies in the District
1)Tamilnadu
Agriculture
(Horticulture Research Ooty)
University
TNAU
2)Earth Trust – The Trust promotes organic,
biodynamic farming, sustainable health, and
organic
marketing
and
income
generation
projects.
3)Department of Horticulture – Government of
Tamilnadu supports the farmers through National
Horticulture Mission projects.
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10.Core Group formed in the District
1)Sri K. Shanmugam
- Assistant Director of Horticulture
Dept of Horticulture
2)Dr. N. Selvaraj
- Professor & Head Horticulture
Research Station TNAU–Ooty
3)Sri.N.Sivasubramaniam - Horticulture officer - Ooty
4)Mr. Vanya Orr
- Founder Earth Trust - Ooty
5)Dr.S.Ramu
- District President.
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11. Research Institutes/SAUs associated with the
Network on Organic Agriculture
1.Madhya Pradesh
- Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal
2.Kerala
- Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut
3.Himachal Pradesh - Chaudhary Srawan Kumar Himachal
Pradesh Krishi Vishvidyalaya, Palampur
4.Uttaranchal
- Govind Ballabh Pant University of
Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar
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Research Institutes/SAUs associated with the
Network on Organic Agriculture – Contd…
5.Madhya Pradesh
- Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishvavidyalaya,
Jabalpur
6.Chhattisgarh
- Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishvavidyalaya,
Raipur
7.Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,
Coimbatore
8.Jharkhand
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- Birsa Agricultural university, Ranchi
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11. Research Institutes/SAUs associated with the
Network on Organic Agriculture – Contd…
9.Sikkim
- ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region,
Sikkim
10.Karnataka
- University of Agricultural Sciences,
Dharwad
11.Maharashtra
- Dr.Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi
Vidyapeeth, Dapoli
12.Punjab
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- Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
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Agni Hotra (Homa) - Demo
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Organic Farming - Fields
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Organic Farming - Fields
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