Organic Farming / Lecture Notes
- Week 1: Introduction to Organic Farming ( Scope, Nature, History, Types of organic farming)
Practical: Land preparation & sowing vegetables seeds
- Further Reading...
- Week 2: Integrated Farm Management Systems (Rotation design, Cash crops, Managing waste, Permaculture, Polyculture, Biodynamics etc
Practical weeding and watering
- Further Reading...
- Week 3: Organic Management Issues (Certification, Environmental concerns, Marketing)
Questioner and presentation (student has 2 weeks to prepare)
Download (PPT File)
- Further Reading...
Week 4: Organic Soil Management and Crop Nutrition I (Composting)
Practical compositing and manure fermentation
Further Reading...
Week 5: Organic Soil Management and Crop Nutrition II (Mulching, Green manuring, Cover crops, Organic fertilizer)
Practical (mulching)
Further Reading...
Week 6: Weed Management (Weed identification, Selecting appropriate techniques of control)
Group presentation
Further Reading...
Week 7: Pest and Disease Management I
Group presentation
Further Reading...
Week 8: Pest and Disease Management II
Group presentation
Further Reading...
Week 9: Livestock Management (Beef, Dairy, Sheep, Poultry)
Further Reading...