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Narsi wants to know Basic Skills and Knowledge Required for Organic Farming 6 months ago

What are the basic skill sets and knowledge required for organic farming?

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- Narsi 6 months ago
  
  Thanks joshwolf for the answer. While your answer provides a good idea of the perspectives that one should have while creating organic farming, I am more keen to know the hard skills and specialised knowledge that could be required for someone who wishes to excel in organic farming
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Narsi wants to know Universities Doing Research in Organic Farming 6 months ago

Which are the universities worldwide where very high quality research is being conducted on organic farming?

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- Narsi 6 months ago
  
  Thanks joshwolf. Both professors are obviously doing exceptional work, but it appears they are more into work on bio-ecosystems and biodiversity in general rather than organic farming in particular
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Narsi wants to know GM Foods Are Pesticide Factories? 6 months ago

I read that genetically modified food crops are so engineered that they produce their own pesticides. And apparently, they continue producing these pesticides even inside our tummies. Sounds scary. Is this true or is it one of those conspiracy theories?

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- Divyajeychandren 7 months ago
  
  Facts and misconceptions about GM crops http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/11/26/facts-and-misconceptions-about-gm-crops.html
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Narsi wants to know Nitrogen and Organic Farming 6 months ago

Getting enough nitrogen, and particularly synchronization so that plants get enough nitrogen at the right time (when plants need it most), is likely the greatest challenge for organic farming. How is this challenge being overcome currently?

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- Divyajeychandren 7 months ago
  
  use of legumes is the easiest way. planting crops like say green gram can help fix atmospheric N2 in the soil. Farmyard manure is one the easiest available sources for nitrogen. Nitrogen fixing biofertilizers like Azotobacter, Clostridium, Anabaena, Nostoc, Rhizobium, Frankia, Anabaen, Azospirillum are used widely, most popular being Rhizobium.
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Narsi wants to know Intercropping and Organic Farming 6 months ago

What role does intercropping play in organic farming?

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- Divyajeychandren 7 months ago
  
  Planting 2 or more dissimilar crops simultaneously on the same piece of land in a definite row arrangement can produce greater yields by making better use of resources that might otherwise not be used by a single crop. Apart fro resource utilization, ICs can help reduce soil erosion, water runoff, can provide alternate yields in case of failure/loss of one crop, and in case of legumes used as intercrops, can help fix atmopheric nitrogen in the soil.
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Narsi wants to know Weed management in organic farming vs that in traditional 6 months ago

How is weed management practice in organic farming different from that in traditional farming?

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- Divyajeychandren 7 months ago
  
  Prevention is the most effective way of weed management. This is effected by thorough seed cleaning, use of weed-free seeds and manual control. Eradication measures include manual weeding by hand-pulling, hand-hoeing, tillage, mowing, burning, flooding or smothering. Introduction of a natural enemy is one of the biological methods of weed control. For example: Destruction of Lantana weed by introduction of Teleonemia scruplosa. Conventinal farming includes weedicides to kill/prevent weeds. Weedicides are almost always synthetic.
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Narsi wants to know Genetic engineering and organic farming 6 months ago

Are genetic engineering and organic farming mutually exclusive? Or could GM find a place in organic farming in future?

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Narsi wants to know Beneficial organisms for pest control 6 months ago

Which are the organisms used normally for pest control / reduction in organic farming?

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Narsi wants to know Organic sources for natural pH amendments 6 months ago

Which are the organic/natural sources to amend the soil pH?

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Narsi wants to know Premium Prices Possible for Organic Foods? 7 months ago

How much more do organic food products fetch in the market than do their traditional counterparts? Can organic food products have prices that are twice that for the normal ones? Are consumers willing to pay steep premiums for much more healthy products without antibiotics and chemicals stuffed in them?

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