Assignment last semester part 2..

Dr. magsino

1 What is organic crop production?

            Organic crop Production is an ecological production management system that promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles, and soil biological activity

2 How does it differ from conventional crop production?

            It uses only friendly environment materials

3 What are the characteristic of an Organic Farming?

            Organic crop production farming avoids the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. As such, emphasis id placed on long-term planning based on information regarding drop’s pest life cycles, soil conditioning, and extensive evaluation of ecological relationship, field conditions and option for management of variables available in the given farm.

4 How is soil conditioning maintained in organic farming?

            It is maintains through the heavy use of compost and naturally occurring plant and animal materials incorporated into the soil: green manure and cover crop: and crop rotation.

5 What are the basic requirements in organic crop production?

·         Documentation and record  keeping

·         Soil management

·         Weed management

·         Insect and pest management

·         Disease management

·         Operator management

6 What are the keys to successful organic crop production?

·         Site selection.

Ü  Accessibility

Ü  Biophysical factors

·         Socioeconomic factors

Ü  Farm resources

Ü  Labor availability

Ü  Distance to market

·         Water supply and quality

·         Crop and variety selection

·         Market development