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Organic farming is a method of crop and livestock production that involves much more than choosing not to use pesticides, fertilizers, genetically modified organisms, antibiotics and growth hormones. Organic production is a holistic system designed to optimize the productivity and fitness of diverse communities within the agro-ecosystem, including soil organisms, plants, livestock and people.

The principal goal of organic production is to develop enterprises that are sustainable and harmonious with the environment.

We at Organic Livestock and Crops Owners Association of Nigeria, has put together a farming system which ties together, these principles of sustainability and productivity.

SOIL MAINTENANCE

Organic farming sees farmers as stewards of the land, harvesting its fruits while they care for it so that they can leave it to future generations in a condition as good as, or better than, it was when they started farming.

FOSTERING BIODIVERSITY

The expansion of intensive modern agriculture and intense use of pesticides/herbicides, threatens endangered species. Organic farms, in contrast, use no herbicides, fewer pesticides and tolerate hedges.

LESS ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Organic farms do not use synthetic fertilizers, the manufacture of which requires a lot of energy. Organic crops use 35 percent less energy per unit of production and organic dairying 74 percent less.