Identification and Documentation of Organic Farming Practices in Wheat Crop in Jabalpur District

Abstract

Mahatma Gandhi has well said that earth produce enough to feed humans but not enough to their greed. Indian is producing sufficiently enough to feed its great population. After attainment achievable production, India is progressing towards sustainable cultivation. Being part of sustainable cultivation, organic farming is proving to be the farming of the coming century. Farmers practices numerous activities under organic production which remains known only to them. The present study was conducted in the Jabalpur district of Jabalpur division with maximum cultivable area under agricultural cultivation in 2021-22 to identify and document the different organic farming practices followed by farmers in wheat crop. Among different blocks of the district 120 farmers practicing organic farming under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana were selected using ex-post facto design and three stage multi sampling and interviewed through structured interview schedule and open-ended responses were collected, tabulated, classified and analyzed using frequency and percentage. A vast variety of practices were seen among the respondents including a few of the recommended and a few indigenous practices which are discussed in the study. More trainings and demonstrations on organic farming by the agricultural departments and state universities should be conducted to enrich knowledge of farmers on organic farming and ultimately promoting the sustainable agriculture in the form of organic farming.