Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture

In recent years, organic farming is gaining increasing popularity due to growing health and environmental awareness among people. Indirectly, it has proved to be a boon for Indian agricultural scenario; therefore, due attention has been given to it in the introductory sections of this chapter. Organic foods are preferred by people because they are grown without any use of synthetic inputs and hence pose no risk to one’s health, whatsoever. This chapter throws light on the scope and objectives of organic farming, farming systems, and cropping patterns. A section about sustainable agriculture has also been given toward the very end of chapter with topics of higher gravity like HEIA, LEIA, LIESA and IFS, discussed in detail.