Organic Farming in India: A Fad or Environmental Necessity?

Harsh Bhargava and S Rangarajan

The IUP Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2005, vol. II, issue 4, 71-82

Abstract: This paper mainly focuses on certain problems like the consequences of organic farming and four common myths associated with organic farming. The authors also discuss the well-known side effects in organic farming on soil, water, biodiversity and health. This paper also analyzes the impact of organic farming on sustainability issues concerning ecological, social and economic balance. Further, the authors assess the global perspective including land area in different countries across the globe under organic management. The paper also brings out the reasons for cost disadvantage in organic farming and the methods to overcome this problem. In this perspective, this study briefly discusses the international market for organic food products. The authors conclude that organic farming is indeed an environmental necessity for sustenance of our planet.

Date: 2005
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:icf:icfjag:v:02:y:2005:i:4:p:71-82

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in The IUP Journal of Agricultural Economics from IUP Publications
Bibliographic data for series maintained by G R K Murty ().