7.organic, natural farming By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Visiting Professor Agriculture University Peshawar

2. Organic Natural And Biological Farming
By
Allah Dad Khan,
Former .
Director General
Agriculture
Extension KPK Province
Allahdad52@gmail.com
03329221298

5. 1. Reduce The Toxic Load: Keep Chemicals Out of the Air, Water, Soil and our
Bodies.
2. Reduce if Not Eliminate Off Farm Pollution.
3. Protect Future Generations
4. Build Healthy Soil
5. Taste Better and Truer Flavor
6. Assist Family Farmers of all Sizes
7. Avoid Hasty and Poor Science in Your Food
8. Eating with a Sense of Place
9. Promote Biodiversity
10. Celebrate the Culture of Agriculture

6. Natural farming is a culture where plants are grown
in 100% natural environment with the least human
interference and no harmful chemicals or synthetic
products used. It is practically leaving the crops
grow and produce in their natural environment, and
man comes enhances the natural conditions to
improve productivity. Then, harvest or gather its
products for man’s use.

7. Natural Farming respects life. It opposes
human exploitation on life. Ironical it may
sound; respecting the nature of the life is the
best way to achieve top quality and yield.
We prevent disease rather than curing with
medicines.

8. Natural Farming products have high quality, good
taste and better yield. People commonly think
that by converting to organic farming you will
have smaller yields, lower quality and smaller-
sized fruits. In Natural Farming it is the
opposite. We do not go back to the past; we take
a leap into the future.
Natural Farming products have much higher
nutritional contents. Protein, amino acid, crude
fat and other essential nutrient were identified
to be as much as 300 percent higher than
ordinary products. Chemical residue such as
nitrate is almost undetectable

9. Natural Farming does not use pesticide. Pesticides
do not only kill insects; they reside in the soil
and fruit. When absorbed, it can do serious harm
to our bodies and even our next generations.
Instead of using toxic chemicals, we use light,
alcohol, aroma, poisonous plant and so forth to
control pests. More surprisingly, an ecology that
recovered the natural balance will drop in the
pests and disease occurrence. Natural Farming
does precisely that.

10. 4.Natural Farming Methods No Herbicide
Natural Farming does not use herbicide. Killing the weeds
with chemical is not the only solution nor is it wise.
Herbicide is lethal to human. How can it only kill the
weeds?
Natural Farming uses the weeds rather than killing
them. We actually grow the wild grass such as rye and
clover for mulching. Natural Farming orchards are green
with grass growing between the fruit trees. The grass
prevents soil erosion, holds moisture, propagates
microorganism, produces organic fertilizer, improves
soil ventilation and suppresses the pests. How can it
only be a thief of nutrients?

11. Natural Farming does not till the land. Instead of
using machines, we use earthworms, microorganisms
and small animals. Machine can plow 20 centimeters
at best, whereas earthworms will dig 7 meters. The
excretions of the earthworms turn into the best soil.
After practicing Natural Farming, the soil inflates like
a balloon. Our little workers tilled so well that your
hand will slide in as if into a soft cake.
Because you don’t till the land, the grass seeds in the
soil do not come up to the surface. In other words,
after the grass on the surface have germinated and
died, you will have no more weed problems. No
tillage and no herbicide are linked
5. Natural Farming does not till the land

12. Natural Farming does not use chemical fertilizer.
Nor does it follow the common practice of
applying over half of the fertilizer as base
manure. Crops will become weak if given too
much food at early stage.
Nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcium and
all other elements that would be commonly
given in the form of chemical fertilizer are
substituted with Natural Farming inputs. Fish
amino acid provides nitrogen, eggshells give
calcium, animal bones are source of phosphoric
acid. Our Natural Farming inputs are not only
cheap but highly effective.

13. Natural Farming animal houses do not emit any
wastewater. There is no need to install an expensive
treatment machine. All the treatment is done right
on the floor itself. As soon as feces fall on the floor,
it is quickly decomposed by the powerful
microorganisms. Floor is not made from concrete, it
is touching the soil; it is alive. Rice straw, sawdust,
fresh soil are used for flooring Even if you use a
Natural Farming animal house for many years, you do
not need to clean the feces once. They do not pile up
and they do not smell.
Utilizing the natural powers like the sun, wind and
microorganism, the floor is always dry and fluffy. It is
a common sight to see a Natural Farming animal
houses right beside a human house.

14. Natural Farming animal houses do not provide
any artificial heating. Rather than consuming
fossil fuel or electricity we think it is wiser
to develop the animal’s natural resistance
against cold. A healthy animal does not need
such human-improvised help. Natural
Farming chicks grow short, tough and dense
hair whereas ordinary chicks have long, soft
and sparse hair. In extremely cold areas or
weather, we use heat from fermentation of
compost.

15. One of the most important aspects of Natural
Farming is that the farmers make what they need.
Fertilizers, soil improvers, pest controllers, disease
cure are all made by the farmers themselves using
only natural materials based on the Nutritive Cycle
theory. By doing so, we save money and perform
better. Our field, hills, forest, rivers, ocean and all
surroundings are full of useful materials that are
tools of our farming; only if we open our eyes.
Our important inputs include Indigenous
Microorganism (IMO), Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ),
Oriental Herbal Nutrient (OHN), Lactic Acid Bacteria
(LAB), Fish Amino Acid (LAB), Water-soluble Calcium
(WCA), Water-soluble Calcium Phosphate (WCP), and
Insect Attractant (IA). All produced at home easily
and cheaply. Most importantly, they work!

16. Natural Farming animals do not only eat commercial feed
from the market. They eat natural food prepared by
farmers with love and affection. Chicks are given with
whole brown rice grains and bamboo leaves
immediately after hatching. Tough food develops their
intestines. Animals reared with Natural Farming are
healthy, strong and have no disease.
We do not give antibiotics, hormones, colorants or
other chemicals to our animals. We give them what
nature has given them to eat. We use grass, rice husk,
rice bran, left-over food, sawdust and even soil for
feed. They go through our special treatment and
assorting.

17. Natural Farming cares for the crops and livestock
according to the “Nutritive Cycle Theory.” It is a theory
that enables us to read the changing growth stages of a
plant or animal. We apply fertilizer, feed, or prescription
precisely according to this cycle. Natural Farming is a very
elaborate, complicated and precise method that denies
“spray-and-forget” kind of approach.
Just like humans, crops and livestock also need nitrogen
when young, phosphoric acid during adolescence and
calcium after maturity. Also the amount of food they need
to take in will constantly change, just as a baby cannot eat
a grown-up’s dish.
Natural Farming emphasizes the right use of the right
material, at the right stage, in the right quantity.

18. Indigenous Microorganism (IMO)
Indigenous microorganism is a powerful input that improves soil condition and crop health. It is
collected from nearby forest or fields using a simple wooden lunch box with steamed rice. By
utilizing microorganisms that survived and adapted to that local place for numerous generations,
we can have safe, cheap yet powerful microorganism input.
Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ)
Fermented plant juice is made by fermenting plant parts in brown sugar. Sprouts and baby
fruits with high hormone concentration, full grown fruits, flower abundant in honey, and any
plant with strong vigor are good ingredients.
Oriental Herbal Nutrient (OHN)
Oriental herbal nutrient is made from herbs valued in oriental medicine.
Lactic acid bacteria is exactly same as yoghurt. Other inputs include fish amino acid, water-soluble
calcium from eggshells, water-soluble phosphoric calcium from animal bones and seawater.
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20. 1. Zero cultivation and following, allowing the soil to rest and
rejuvenate.
2. Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
3. Insect traps, lure and attractants.
4. Use of Biological pest control (natural enemies of pest)
5. Use of Organic Compost fertilizer and bio micro inoculant.
6. Use of Organic Pest and Disease control materials.
7. Use of indigenous resistant plant varieties and strain.
8. Practice crop rotation and following (resting the soil for some
time).
9. Growing and inter-cropping of pest repellant and herbal plants.
10. Integrated cropping pattern to prevent growth of toxic weeds.
11. Growing the right crop on the right soil, climate and at the right
time.

21. Zero cultivation has been a long and original
practice of man in its first attempt to grow
crops.

22. Cultivation and weed control will also help not
only in soil aeration and softening of soil mass
but will also reduce or disturb the breeding
place of insect pests and fungal diseases.

23. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a pest
control program using combination of all
practices to reduce or eliminate pest
damage. This includes natural, biological and
mechanical practices as well as bio and
chemical pesticide application.

24. 1.Light Traps
2.Lure with attractants
3 Chemical sex attractant
4. Blue electric lamp
5.Yellow pads

25. The use of living plant and animals or living organisms to control pest and
diseases are called Biological Control. They may be microorganisms such as
bacteria, fungi, virus or bigger life forms like insects, worms, reptiles,
mammal and birds. You can learn to increase the beneficial insects,
microorganisms and other animal and plant life in your farms to counter
pests and diseases harming your crops. Let us protect and increase these
beneficial enemies of pests.

27. Fertilizers coming from fermented and
decomposed organic materials are very
nutritious safe fertilizer materials. They both
enrich the soil plant food nutrients, improves the
texture for easier root growth and preserve the
soil life such as beneficial bacteria and fungi.

28. Herbal preparations to control pest and
diseases can easily be made by farmers
themselves since we have abundant plants in
the country that are suitable ingredient.

29. Crop rotation or changing crops grown in certain areas to avoid the buildup of
certain pest or disease affecting certain crops. Example, rotating onions with
pepper . Resting the soil for one to two years to allow natural vegetation
and the growth of natural enemies to introduce balance of nature, while
enriching your soil environment for future crop production.

30. 
There are crops that repel certain insect
pests. Intercropping tomato with cabbages
and cauliflower will help reduce the
diamondback moth attacking cabbages. Learn
what these crop combinations. You will not
only reduce your cost of pest and disease
control but may even increase your income
per unit area with the crop combination.

31. Certain weeds are difficult to remove or control, like
grasses. Planting vines and crawling crops like sweet
potato and cover crops will help suppress weeds.

32. There are suitable crops that are ideal for certain
season of the year and suitable soils for their healthy
and productive growth. Learn the nature of the
plants and their preferences before deciding what to
grow in your farm.