Organic Farming: A Better Alternative

Background

• Organic farming is considered as non-profiteering and more laborious input has seen the light of the day.
• Maruthi Naidu is a third-generation farmer from Andhra Pradesh has started earning lakhs a year now, after shifting to organic farming,

How Organic Farming became a way of farming?

• Eye-opener: Chemical inputs increased the yield in the initial years, but deteriorated the health of the soil.
• Challenges: Difficult in procuring natural inputs and extracts for the process.
• Innovations: Use of Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) as an innovation addressed the issue of soil health.
• Breaking the myth: As most of the farmers believed chemical farming techniques yield better output, but broke the myth by starting the ZBNF.
• Inspiration: Farmers of neighbouring areas inspired by Maruthi Naidu started to invest in organic farming

Quote:

“Innovation is taking two things that exist and putting them together in a new way.”-Tom Freston

Source:

• Debt-Ridden Farmer Switches To Organic & Earns Lakhs, Inspires 100s of Others