Description

Abstract

Organic farming provides an alternative to more traditional, high-input agricultural methods using conventional fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides. The theory is that the soil is a life-saving device, such that these manufactured goods are removed mostly from organic farms. Fuel, livestock manures, crop residues, green dung and biological management of pests and conditions are the essential to the conservation of soil quality and productivity for organic agriculture. Organic crops are much more appreciated than traditional plants and there is a growing production trend in organic plant volumes. In most advanced markets, the selling of crops labelled organic or biological is heavily regulated. The ecological impacts of organic farming are minimal and can be considered as a way to clean and enhance polluted land.

Keywords: Organic farming, ecological, biological.

Organic Agriculture

Introduction

Organic agriculture is healthy soil, environment, and human health production system. It is not based on the use of adverse effects inputs but rather on ecology mechanisms, biodiversity, and cycles suited to local circumstances. Organic Agriculture incorporates tradition, creativity, and technology to improve the common environment and to foster equality and quality of life for those concerned. The push to maintain demand and increase it more sustainably will not only be with a growing population. Scientist has noticed that the high-input "Green Revolution," now with a diminished return on falling dividends, has hit the plateau. For the survival of life and property thus, a natural equilibrium must be preserved at all costs. The obvious option is more important today as these agrochemicals, made from fossil fuels and not renewable, decrease their supply. It could also cost the divisions heavily in the future. 

Moreover, the reduction in oxidative intake decreases the utilization of energy from agrochemical sources (these require high quantities of fossil fuel to be produced). Organic farming aims to reduce the greenhouse effect and global warming by securing pollution in the soil. Much of organic management methods improved carbon returned to the soil, increased efficiency, and facilitated the storage of carbon. Some studies have reported slightly higher organic soil carbon content in organic farming. The more organic CO2 is contained in the soil, the better the climate change mitigating capacity of agriculture. In this area, however, a great deal of research is needed. Data on organic soil carbon lack in developed countries, with no comparable farm system data from Africa and Latin America. Only small soil biocarbon stocks are key to estimating carbon sequestration rates of agricultural activities.

Research Question

The following is the key question of research:

⦁ Can regional organic products in Freising feed its population without the need for extensive agriculture products?

The following are the sub-questions of the research:

⦁ How many organic farms are there already?

⦁ How much are organic products available in Freising?

⦁ What are the obstacles faced by organic farms?

⦁ Is organic farming getting governmental support? 

Hypothesis

Organic agriculture is the key to a sustainable environment and can feed Freising's population's need for food.

Literature Review

According to Best (2008), Organic farming provides a more natural alternative to organic farming and has seen tremendous development in many areas of the world since the 1980s. Nearly 4% of all agricultural land was organically cultivated in the European Union (EU), with some European countries such as Switzerland, Liechtenstein, or Austria exceeding even 10%. There have been some positive effects on the development of organic agriculture. Firstly, replacing traditional farming activity with organic production, by avoiding artificial fertilizer and toxic pesticides, for example, improves the ecosystem. Also, organic demand growth is followed by market opening for new customers (e.g., by selling organic products in conventional supermarkets or the rise of organic supermarket chains). Furthermore, niche development can help reduce the barriers to the adoption by traditional farmers of organic farming, given its less arcane image and the easier access to interpersonal information about organic agriculture for farmers.