• Irene F. Lalrintluangi
• Vinai Kumar
• A. K. Singh
• Dipti Bisarya

The rising in population and demand in different agricultural commodities becomes an important challenge in the field of agriculture. Maintaining crop production and soil health is an important upcoming major challenge in agriculture. Due to the unsupervised use of synthetic means of farming i.e. inorganic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, etc. human and environmental health is being seriously affected. There is a serious decline in the soil fertility which in turn is affecting the yield of the crops. Excessive and unsupervised usage of pesticides results in pest gradually getting immune to the pesticides. So organic farming is the only proper alternative to synthetic fertilizers for sustainable agriculture. It is strongly believed that increase crop production and boosting the soil quality and long-term manipulation of soil properties can be achieved by organic farming. This is due to the reason that upon decomposition, organic matter releases macro and micronutrients into the soil solution that becomes accessible to plants throughout the crop period, contributing to higher nutrient uptake and improving the soil properties. The term sustainability is acquiring popularity among various entities and it is gaining popularity in agriculture. Although the Green revolution or third agriculture revolution increased the production and fulfilled the aspiration by changing India from food-importing to exporting nation, but now it is being criticized for its high energy and input use. Unsupervised use of different chemical leads to the toxicity of the consumable products and the quality of soil and environment is seriously affected. In conventional agriculture, the agriculture system is forced to produce more and the regenerative capacity of the natural resources decreases and this affects productivity in the long term. Organic is a significant substitute for conventional farming to reduce the ill-effects of chemical agriculture. For low-input agriculture, organic farming's crop productivity is equivalent to conventional farming. Many studies have reported that organically produced agricultural products are better than as compared to products produced by conventional methods.

Impact of Organic Farming on soil fertility and crop productivity

"Impact of Organic Farming on soil fertility and crop productivity", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.891-901, January 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDW06142.pdf

"Impact of Organic Farming on soil fertility and crop productivity", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp891-901, January 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDW06142.pdf