Recently I came to know about a cost effective organic farming technique in India. Which uses......?

Question

cow dung, cow urine, jaggery, flour, soil, neem oil (as pesticide) and water.

This technique says that each gram of cow dung has more than 500 crores of beneficial micro-organisms that make the soil more fertile. The dung generated by one cow is sufficient to produce organic manure for 30 acres. This natural fertilizer can be used for any crop.

Mulching plays a vital role in this technique. Mixed cropping and crop rotation is used to ensure replenishment of soil fertility.

In this system of farming no monetary investment on the part of farmer is required for purchase of seeds, fertilizers and plant protection chemicals from the market. The farmer can produce his own seed. More importantly, there is absolutely no place for fertilizers and plant protection chemicals in this scheme of farming. The whole philosophy behind this system is to make the farmer self-reliant by freeing him from market dispensed high cost inputs.

Will this technique be successful in the long run?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

As the world looks more to sustainability and cost-effective methods, this will certainly become more useful, as it is totally natural, and no chemicals are needed.

Answer 3

i don't know what is used else where, however here in the caribbean we  use cow dung, pig dung chicken, rabbit and pretty much all animal dung and urine. at least in Dominica,  neem is being used but not on a large scale. it is relatively cost effective with a major portion of the costs being from the rearing of the animals. therefore it becomes more cost effective where one has a large farm and can maintain a large amout of animals. my father was an organic farmer, one of the pioneers in that feild in dominica, while we lived on a small farm, a couple of pigs and a few goats and chickens were enough to maintain the farm and inturn maintain the family. from the pigs we also produced gas, and could have even taken it a step further and produced our own electricity

Answer 4

Yes, absolutely and that is the way of organic and sustainable agriculture. For each crop, in each place in the world, there is a way to do exactly what you have described. What is happening is the farmer is caring for the soil as if it were a beloved family member or pet. And the soil will give back a hundred fold and become better and better. The farmer just need to stay alert to problems and not be lulled into a false security. Plant diseases sometimes come from using the same crop over and over, and some seasons a bug may be worse because the rains or the dry season was different. And the farmer may have a problem because his neighbor did something and brought in a disease or bug. And care also needs to be taken that things like manure don't become too much and ruin the rivers and the wells for drinking water.

But, again, the answer is yes, this is the way the world needs to farm, big and small, to protect the soil and water and air.