HONOURS I PRESENTATION

ON
NON-CONVENTIONAL
AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICES
BY:
ISHITA MISHRA (317059) & PRIYANKA RATHORE (317064)
BA II YEAR ECONOMICS HONS
NON-MANAGEMENT
CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURAL
PRACTICES

Conventional farming, also known as

Industrial Agriculture, is the farming or
agricultural system which includes the
use of synthetics, chemicals, fertilisers,
pesticides, genetically modified seeds,
heavy irrigation, intensive tillage and
monoculture.
NON-CONVENTIONAL
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES

Non-Conventional Agricultural
Practices refers to those practices
which does not include the use of any
fertilisers. These farmers use
natural methods and techniques,
making it more health-oriented and
environment friendly.
REASONS
 Toaccrue the benefits of the
nutrients.
 Stay away from the GMOs.
 Natural and better taste.
 Direct support to farming.
 To conserve agricultural diversity
 To prevent antibiotics, drugs and
hormones in animal products.
CHARACTERISTICS OF NON-
CONVENTIONAL FARMING
• protecting soil quality using organic material
and encouraging biological activity.
• indirect provision of crop nutrients using soil
micro-organisms.
• nitrogen fixation in soil using legumes.
• weed and pest control based on organic methods
• rearing of livestock, taking care of housing,
nutrition, health, rearing and breeding.
• care of the larger environment and conservation
of natural habitats and wildlife.
FOUR PRINCIPLES OF NON-
CONVENTIONAL FARMING

PRINCIPLE OF
HEALTH

PRINCIPLE OF
FAIRNESS

PRINCIPLE OF
ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE OF CARE
BALANCE
IMPORTANCE OF NON-
CONVENTIONAL FARMING

 Better Nutrition
 Help us stay healthy
 Highly Authenticated
 Enhanced Taste
 Organic Methods are Eco-friendly
 Lower prices
 Free of poison
TYPES OF NON-CONVENTIONAL
FARMING

 Organic Farming
 Hydroponics
 Grow Box
 Trough Culture
 Urban and Peri-urban Farming
 ORGANIC FARMING

This type of farming relies on fertilisers of

organic origin such as compost manure, green
manure, and places emphasis on techniques such
as crop rotation, and companion planting.
 HYDROPONICS

Hydroponics is a subset of hydro-culture,

which is a method of growing plants without soil
by using mineral solutions in a water solvent.
 GROW BOX

A Grow Box is a partially or completely

enclosed system for raising plants indoors or in a
small area. These can be soil based or
hydroponics.
 TROUGH CULTURE

The term Trough Culture refers to growing

plants in raised troughs, also called benches,
about a soilless mixture.
URBAN AND PERI-URBAN FARMING

Urban and peri-urban farming is generally

defined as agriculture undertaken in places on
the fringes of urban areas.
 WETLAND FARMING

A wetland is a distinct ecosystem

that is inundated by water, either
permanently or seasonally, where
oxygen-free processes prevail.
The primary factor distinguishes
wetlands from other land forms or
water bodies is the characteristic
vegetation of aquatic plants,
adopted to the unique hydric soil.
 DRYLAND FARMING
Dry land farming and dry farming
encompasses specific agricultural
techniques for the non-irrigated
cultivation of crops.

Dryland farming is associated with

dry lands, areas characterized by a
cool wet season that is followed by a
warm dry season.
CONCLUSION
Non-Conventional Agricultural Practices are
health-oriented and environment-friendly.
As of 2016, approximately 57,800,000
hectares
worldwide were framed organically
representing approximately, representing
1.2 percent of the total world farmland.