Organic Vegetable Farming: A Comics

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GUIDE TO CONSCIENTIOUS FARMING

What happens to the land?What happens to the food it produces?

What happens to the people who eat it?What will eventually happen to the communities?

Difference Between Chemical and Organic Farming

Chemical farming is thecultivation and production ofcrops using inorganic inputs.

Continuous use of chemicalfertilizers leads to changes in the

pH of the soil. The soil becomeseither acidic, too salty or toxicoften kills plants.

Soil particles in the absence ofbinding agents of chemicallymanaged farms lead to erosion.The steady loss of fertile topsoilultimately leads to barren landunfit for farming.

Organic farming is the cultivationand production of crops using

biodegradable organic inputs.

Abundant organic matter in the soilmaintains a near neutral pH wherenutrient availability is optimum.This also promotes the naturalecosystem of the soil to grow.

Organically managed soils haveimproved soil structure increasingits water retention capacity,reducing the risk of soil erosion.

Crop Differences Between Chemical Farming and Organic Farming.

Chemical grown crops doesnthave much resistance or poweragainst pest and disease becauseof a weak cell wall.

The non-availability of nutrientsand a low supply of potassiumreduce the quality and shelflife of the product.

Availability of a full range ofnutrients in an organicallymanaged soil provides the naturalresistance to crops against pest

disease.

Nutrient availability in the entirecrop growth and increasedabsorption capacity of the cropimproves the keeping quality offruits and vegetables.

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Economic Differences

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHEMICAL FARMING ANDORGANIC FARMING

Health and Social Differences

CHEMICAL FARMING ORGANIC FARMING

An unutilized chemicalfertilizer and pesticide residuein the soil and water leads toenvironmental pollution whichsometimes cause toxic effectsto other forms of lifeincluding man.

Inorganic fertilizers do notdecompose properly and leaveresidues in the plant parts,When used as feed materialfor animals and food for manit may create a disease and

possible malformation

in newborn babies.

Organic practice is a pollution freeapproach because the end

products are all decomposable.

The plant parts fromorganically managed soils are notonly rich but more importantlysafe. Organic measures andremedies do not release harmfulresidues in the soil and crop.

CHEMICAL FARMING ORGANIC FARMING

Inorganic input materialsare very expensive.

Fertilizer managed soil hasfluctuating yields due to varyingnutrient availability during thewhole crop cycle. A deficiencyin one element directly affectsthe growth and metabolism of a

crop resulting to an erratic yield.

Chemical farm products havea shorter shelf life and lowernutrient content therefore offerlow prices in the market.

Organic input materials areless costly because it is readily

available and very easy to apply.

When nutrients are available ina balanced way during the entirecrop cycle, the plant will producesatisfactory yields andquality according to itsgenetic potential.

An organic product is superiorin nutritive quality andshelf life so commands better

prices in the market.

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