Sustainable Agriculture Development through Organic Farming in India

Abstract

The biggest challenge of post-independent India has been to produce enough food to sustain the increasing population. Hence, the Green Revolution began in the 1960s to increase food production. The Green revolution included increased farming area, double-cropping, planting two crops rather than once annually, adopting a high yield variety of seeds, improved irrigation facilities, increased use of inorganic fertilisers and pesticides, and improved farm implements and crop protection measures. Green revolution increases productivity in the short term, but the soil becomes infertile in long run increasing the risk of future food crises. The scientists are suggesting organic farming as an alternative to overcome the problem of future food risk. The main objective of this paper is to determine whether India will achieve the goal of sustainable development by using organic farming. It also discusses the obstacle in this process and possible solutions.