Organic farming in the tropical, disaster-prone coasts: Interventions, major challenges and a success story from Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India

Chowdhury, Abhiroop, Iyer, Aparna Shankar, Bhattacharryya, Shantanu, Khan, SU and Naz, Aliya (2022) Organic farming in the tropical, disaster-prone coasts: Interventions, major challenges and a success story from Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India. In: Second International Conference on Sustainable Energy, Environment and Green Technologies (ICSEEGT 2022), 24-06-2022 to 25-06-2022, Jaipur,Rajasthan.

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Abstract

Organic agricultural practices are sustainable alternatives to chemical methods. This article highlights the major challenges faced by environmentalists, social workers in popularizing organic agriculture as well as its positive field application. The primary soil parameters (pH, alkalinity, electrical conductivity, soil, organic carbon, soil texture, and available N, P and K) are compared between global coastal agricultural soils. Organic farming practices adopted in different regions were also focused in this article. Sundarbans is the world’s largest contiguous mangrove ecosystem, largest delta, abode of mangrove dwelling tigers and Indian part is the home of 4.6 million natural disaster vulnerable populations. This work showcases success story of organic farming by 84 families of Indian Sundarbans since 2012, with use of vermicompost, biopesticides (neem oil) and natural microbe augmentations ( Trichoderma sp), as a part of a socio-environmental intervention project. This intervention resulted in increased yield in both kharif season (10-12%) and rabi season (5-10%) by 2017.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Keywords: Organic agriculture | Sundarbans | Delta | Self Help Groups | Sustainability
Subjects: Physical, Life and Health Sciences > Environmental Science, Policy and Law
JGU School/Centre: Jindal School of Environment & Sustainability
Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities
Depositing User: Amees Mohammad
Date Deposited: 26 Oct 2022 05:31
Last Modified: 26 Oct 2022 05:31
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1084/1/012052
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/4728

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