We learnt something about organic farming!!!

 

It was a pleasant morning. Everyone was busy with something. That is because we had a guest talk on organic farming organized by our department. We had invited two resource persons Dr. Harish and Mr Chengappa.

 Finally, at 10:30 am, the guests had arrived and it was time for the guest talk. The welcome and introduction was done. Now it was time for our guest to educate us about organic farming and much more about agriculture.

 Dr. Harish educated us about the various practices of organic farming. Organic farming is the process in which less or no chemical fertilizers are used. Every carbon containing element is known to be organic. We can just know that all the orgainic farming materials contain carbon.

 He also informed us about poultry farming and the reasons behind deteriorating health of human beings because of injecting hormones to poultry animals.

 He explained us about the different macronutrients and micronutrients that a coffee plant requires. He informed us as to why we shouldn’t use chemical fertilizers.

He also explained about soil testing and about how important it is to get the soil tested before planting crops. This session was a very informative one.

We were informed about the cultivation of oyster mushrooms during our previous visit to KVK, Gonikoppal. Oyster mushrooms are also called mara anabe. It can be grown by using mushroom spawn. We were explained about the process involved in the cultivation of these mushrooms.

More than 500kg of fresh mushrooms per ton of dry wheat or straw can be obtained in case of crop produced in 45-60 days. We gained a lot of information on organic farming.