Organic Agriculture, Ecosystem Services and Sustainability: A Review

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  • Sagar Maitra , Tanmoy Shankar , Dinkar J Gaikwad , Jnana Bharati Palai , Lalichetti Saga

Abstract

Intensive agriculture enhanced agricultural productivity to a large extent by using high energy inputs, improved
seeds and cultivars, assured irrigation and mechanization. After some decades, the ill effects of mentioned
technologies were pronounced on agro-ecosystem and these created hindrances in achieving agricultural
sustainability. During the end part of the previous century, the thought of agricultural sustainability became an
important concern. Organic agriculture was also started to flourish during the same period with some promises
of ecofriendly concept as well as Ecosystem Services (ES). Greater Ecosystem Service (ES) is related to
agricultural sustainability and thus organic agriculture has a huge potential to ensure agricultural sustainability
by mitigating adverse impacts of intensive agriculture on agroecosystem. The article focuses on scope and
positive effects of organic agriculture on ES vis-vis sustainable agriculture.

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2020-12-01

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Sagar Maitra , Tanmoy Shankar , Dinkar J Gaikwad , Jnana Bharati Palai , Lalichetti Saga. (2020). Organic Agriculture, Ecosystem Services and Sustainability: A Review. International Journal of Modern Agriculture, 9(4), 370 - 378. Retrieved from http://modern-journals.com/index.php/ijma/article/view/224

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