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Satish Serial Publishing House Natural Farming A Rising Concept by Subhash Chand and Sumati Narayan and Raj Narayan and Amit Kumar and Javaid Ahmed Wani
Now-a-days, if conventional farming continues, then the top soil will vanish in coming 60 years. To save top soil of earth worldwide, now a new concept of farming has arrived is called as Regenerative Agriculture or Regenerative Natural Farming (RNF). By adopting such practices the soil health can be restored with minimal soil loss. This book is an account of introduction, principles, different practices, recent advances related to natural farming. A comprehensive reviews on benefits and limitations of natural farming as carried out by various research workers have been discussed in detail. Soil organic matter is an important factor in restoring soil fertility. An increase in the soil fertility has a direct relationship with socio-economic conditions of farmers, vegetable growers and orchardists. A healthy soil is always responsible for production of quality grains and fruits, hence there is an urgent need to maintain optimum soil health. Organic produce are healthier and tasty than inorganic foods. However, the decline in yield has been noticed and recorded various research workers. The book “Natural Farming: A Rising Concept” has been written in concise form. This book will deliver a message among grower, orchardist, farmers, dairy worker and social reformers about well-being of animal and ecosystem to fight against miseries of climate change and decreasing top soils. Pure natural farming is possible only when organic resources are available in required quantity in time. However, if the organic resources/inputs demand is not meeting than an option of Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) is available for farmers in which judicious use of organic and inorganic sources are applied for better yield and sustainable soil health. Authors hope that the book shall be extremely useful for the practitionerin agriculture, farmers, growers, orchardist, students, teachers, policy-makers, colleges and universities.