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Organic Farming �Management Techniques

Organic Farming methods are those that don’t use chemical fertilizers or pesticides and don’t include genetically modified organisms

These methods include

1. Soil Management

2. Weed Management

3. Pest and Disease Management

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1.Soil Management

Animal manure

Compost

Green manure

Organic fertilizers

Extracts of plants

Increase the soil fertility by adding natural products.

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Soil management by Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

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Composting by Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

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Cut some stems of the plant (with leaves) and put them in a bin

Add water into the bin in a quantity 20 times the plant material

Leave the bin to a sunny place for 1 month , away from the house (unpleasant odor)

Creating a fertilizer with natural products

Dilute with water (1:10) and apply to the plant

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Some plants can make fertile extracts

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Allium cepa

Allium sativa

Artemisia absinthium

Nephrolepis exaltata

Symphytum officinale

Urtica urens

Plants that can make fertile extracts

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2. Weed Management

Recognize the plant

(keep it safe)

Prevent the weeds

(mulching)

Recognize the weed

(pull it away)

We must check frequently our crop for weeds.

It is much easier to deal with baby weeds than the

big ones. The big weeds take many nutrients and

lighting from our crop, making our plants

grow up insufficiently.

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Mulching with:

(to prevent the weeds)

straw

compost

wood shavings

cardboard

plastic

Mulching

options

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Weeding by People with Intellectual Disabilities

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prevent the disease

face the disease

3. Pest and Disease Management

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Identify the disease

Wear safety equipment

Face the disease

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Making an organic pesticide

Add 100 gr of olive soap flakes

Step 01

Add 200 ml pure alcohol

Step 02

Add 1 spoon of soda

Step 03

Now you have created your own organic pesticide! Ready to spray!

In a spraying tool, with 10 liters of water:

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Facing

the pests

For the snails

Beer traps

For the snails

Ash around the plant

For insects

Sticky insect traps

Ball traps for insects

Some examples

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Preventing the diseases & pests

Site selection
Raised beds
Crop rotation
Companion crop
Plant spacing
Seeds free of pathogens

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Site

selection

Raised

beds

Crop

rotation

Companion

crop

Plant

spacing

Seeds free of

pathogens

Preventing the diseases & pests

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Technologies & �Organic Farming

Organic farming can take advantage of Technology with:

the machines: creating raised beds, ploughing the soil, etc.
the sensors, giving information about soil fertility, pests attack, diseases, soil humidity, all these through a computer system
the drones, giving all the above information through a computer system

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Technologies

& Organic Farming

raised beds

sensors

drones

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Organic Farming Benefits

The advantages of organic cultivation, compared to traditional cultivation are many

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Organic Farming Advantages

Compared to traditional agriculture

BENEFITS

Healthier final products (without chemicals)

Fresher final products

(without preservatives)

Environmental safety

Work safety

Plants resistant to pests and diseases

Sustainable agriculture

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Properties and Advantages of Food from Organic Farming

Healthier products

Safer genetically products

Fresher products

Safer for the environment products

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Fewer pesticide residues

Lower levels of nitrate

More minerals and proteins

More vitamins

More beneficial compounds

More Advantages

Many researchers found that food deriving from Organic Farming in comparison with the food from the traditional cultivation, has:

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Potential contamination by the neighbor fields

Disadvantages

There are few disadvantages of Organic Farming

Cost and labor (for large units)

Bureaucracy (for certification)

Less crop yield
Not beautiful in colors and shapes final products

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