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We strongly believe that Organic Agriculture is a production system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystems, and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of inputs with adverse effects. Organic Agriculture combines tradition, innovation, and science to benefit the shared environment and promote fair relationships and good quality of life for all involved.
We realised that organic farming is misrepresented in India. There is confusion and unclarity of the actual principles of organic farming. This leads to confusion among farmers on how to practice it. Knowledge on Sustainable Farming Should be Accessible to all.
We not only hear from the farmers about their challenges but also realized that they do not know how the synthetic inputs they were using affected the soil, water, air and animals. Farmers have only learnt how to grow food conventionally, but are not given alternatives. Farmers should know that they have options and have the power to choose to grow food ecologically or choose some practices to incorporate in their work. No matter what they chose to do with the information, they should be empowered in knowing they had options and are not trapped!
Learn to Make a Difference!!
Seeing this gap in knowledge and information, MahaOrganic plans to start short term courses for sustainable farming aimed at providing skilled human resource to the industry. The course will be a one year diploma and will be based on principles of organic farming with a scientific approach.
Currently we educate producers, consumers, media, institutions and governments about the benefits of organic and sustainable agriculture, presenting at conferences, workshops, classes in schools & colleges and other educational opportunities.