Introducing the course:
Principles of Organic
Agriculture (Agron 3611)
Surinder Singh Rana and Rameshwar Kumar
Department of Agronomy,
CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi
Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur 176062, HP, India
Email:
[email protected] 2023
Principles of Organic Agriculture, Agron 3611 (1+1)
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Topic Number of
lectures
Organic farming, principles and its scope in India 1
Initiatives taken by Government (central/state), NGOs and other 1
organizations for promotion of organic agriculture;
Organic ecosystem and their concepts; 1
Organic nutrient resources and its fortification; 2
Restrictions to nutrient use in organic farming; 1
Choice of crops and varieties in organic farming; 1
Fundamentals of insect-pest, disease and weed management 3
under organic mode of production;
Operational structure of NPOP; 1
Certification process and standards of organic farming; 1
Processing, levelling, economic considerations and viability, 1
marketing and export potential of organic products.
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Lecture schedule (old 2+1)
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SN Title DOI
1 Introduction to organic agriculture 10.13140/RG.2.2.28733.15845
2 Concept of Organic Farming 10.13140/RG.2.2.34605.18405
3 Relevance of Organic Agriculture 10.13140/RG.2.2.28208.87047
in Present Context
4 Biodynamic Agriculture 10.13140/RG.2.2.11090.86722
5 Homa farming 10.13140/RG.2.2.21157.19686
6 Preparation of Panchgavya 10.13140/RG.2.2.29545.80481
7 Cow pit pat 10.13140/RG.2.2.10671.43680
8 Effective micro-organisms 10.13140/RG.2.2.12349.15849
9 Organic Production Requirements: In 10.13140/RG.2.2.10094.72003
general
10 Organic Production Requirements: Crop 10.13140/RG.2.2.23516.49286
production
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11 Organic Production Requirements: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26871.93604
Animal Husbandry
12 Organic Production Requirement: 10.13140/RG.2.2.11772.44163
Processing, storage and transport
13 BINM: INTRODUCTION 10.13140/RG.2.2.17959.04001
14 BINM: ORGANIC MANURES 10.13140/RG.2.2.28025.36965
15 BINM: VERMICOMPOST 10.13140/RG.2.2.19636.76161
16 BINM: ORGANIC RESIDUES 10.13140/RG.2.2.28025.36965
17 BINM: Biofertilizers 10.13140/RG.2.2.17539.60960
18 SOIL IMPROVEMENT: SOIL 10.13140/RG.2.2.34441.34409
COMPONENTS
19 Soil testing 10.13140/RG.2.2.19341.84961
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SN Title DOI
20 Soil amendments 10.13140/RG.2.2.29408.17924
21 Tillage 10.13140/RG.2.2.23955.58405
22 Integrated pest management: Diseases 10.13140/RG.2.2.26629.45282
23 Integrated pest management: Insects 10.13140/RG.2.2.23588.58241
24 Principles of weed control 10.13140/RG.2.2.20233.13921
25 Preventive, cultural & physical weed control 10.13140/RG.2.2.18555.41764
26 INM 10.13140/RG.2.2.17716.55680
27 Quality consederations 10.13140/RG.2.2.24846.87368
28 Quality: Organic v/s conventional foods 10.13140/RG.2.2.18135.98722
29 Certification 10.13140/RG.2.2.31557.76002
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SN Title DOI
30 Participatory certification - A Farmer 10.13140/RG.2.2.28202.31684
Empowering Approach
31 Organic: Production, Consumption and 10.13140/RG.2.2.34913.20329
Marketing statistics
32 Glossary 10.13140/RG.2.2.26524.59526
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Practical
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Visit of organic farms to study the various components and
their utilization;
Preparation of enriched compost, vermicompost, bio-
fertilizers/bio-inoculants and their quality analysis;
Indigenous Technology Knowledge (ITK) for nutrient,
insect-pest, disease and weed management;
Cost of organic production system;
Post harvest management;
Quality aspect, grading, packaging and handling.
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Distribution of marks
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Mid-term examination (Theory) 20%
Practical examination 30%
End of term examination 50%
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References:
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Dahama, A.K. 2005. Organic Farming for sustainable
agriculture. Agrobios (India), Jodhpur.
Veeresh, G.K., Shrivastava, K. and Suiglachar, M.A.
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Association for Promotion of Organic Farming, Bangalore.
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Jodhpur.
Gahlot, D. 2005. Organic Farming, Agrobios (India),
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Agrobios (India), Jodhpur.
Reddy P Parvatha, 2008. Organic Farming for Sustainable
Horticulture, Scientific Publishers (India) Jodhpur.
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S.P. Palaniappan and K. Annadurai. 2018. Organic
farming-Theory and Practice, Scientific Publishers,
Jodhpur
Reddy S. R. 2017. Principles of Organic Farming, Kalyani
Publishers
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and practices Vol-I and Vol II, Kalyani Publishers
Balasubramanian R. , Balakrishnan K. and
Sivasubramanian K. 2013. Principles and Practices of
Organic Farming, Satish Serial Publishing House
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Purohit SS and Gehlot Dushyant, 2006. Trends in Organic Farming In India,
Agrobios (India), Jodhpur.
National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), 2005. Department of
Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt of India, New Delhi, 6th
Edition.
ANGRAU 2005. Organic Farming - A step towards Eco-Farming for Sustainable
Agriculture, Summer School, July 4-24, 2005, (B Bucha Reddy (Director); VB
Bhanu Murthy and Dr. M Govind Reddy (Co-Directors), Department of Agronomy,
ANGRAU, Rajendranagar,
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Yadav AK 2011. Organic Agriculture – concepts, principles and practices. National
Centre of Organic Farming, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of
Agriculture, Govt of India, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. 60pp.
http://ncof.dacnet.nic.in
Rana SS 2016. Organic Farming. Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture,
CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, pages. 90p (3rd revision,
First edition 2011)
Rana SS. 2020. Organic Farming: Principles and Practices. Department of
Agronomy, College of Agriculture, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya,
Palampur, 159p.
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