Organic Farming In The Philippines

Farmers Preference on Organic Farming over Inorganic Farming

Agricultural farming and agriculture food safety. Organic farming is known for its use of bio-chemicals which means the use of chemical-free products for pest control and fertilizer application. This practice helps preserve the fertility of the soil and doesn’t cause any hazardous effects to the environment. Since organic farming is a chemical-free farming practice, it is more efficient for the farmers and consumers to practice. In fertilizer application, the main purposes and advantages of composting are waste stabilization, pathogen inactivation, nutrient and land reclamation, and sludge drying. Through theses processes, it can help maintain nutrient in the soil rather than destroying

Through the use of organic fertilizers such as cow manure, chicken dang and swine manure, soil elements like nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, calcium, magnesium, copper, manganese, iron, zinc and boron can be provided to sustain the nutrient requirement of the crops. Organic farming also helps fight global warming. Most organic farming products are distributed locally. Its production does not require machine which consequently reduces carbon dioxide emissions which are believed to be one of the causes of global warming in the Philippines. The fact alone that organic farming methods strictly forbid the use of all synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals that inorganic farmers apply is enough to prove that organic farming is a method of farming that is environmental friendly than inorganic farming methods.

Organic crop production farming avoids the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. As such, emphasis is placed on long-term planning based on information regarding crop’s pest life cycles, soil conditioning, extensive evaluation of ecological relationships, field conditions, and options for management of variables available in a given farm. (Adorad, J.,

Organic farming is also accused of using more land to produce equal amount of food. This may be true but unlike inorganic farming, organic farming is not a disturbance to the mother earth. It actually supports it rather than destroying it.

An organically produced product contributes better to the health of both farmers and consumers because of the avoidance of use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and other chemically-based technology used that has been applied to the crops.

The effects of using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides can result into skin disease, reshaping of the bone structure of the hands and feet, weakened lungs and other illness caused by the chemicals present in the synthetic fertilizers and pesticides that is harmful to both humans and the environment. The difference between farmers who practice organic farming and inorganic farming is that the farmers who practice organic farming is free from getting ill from the diseases or the side effects caused by the synthetic pesticides used by the farmers who practice inorganic