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What is your view on organic farming? If you were to have a piece of agricultural land, do you opt for chemical farming or organic farming? Give reasons for your choice.

Organic farming involves the use of environment friendly techniques for the cultivation of plants. It relies on techniques such as crop rotation, use of organic green manure, compost, biological pest control techniques.

I would opt for organic farming.

Reasons are sited below:

a) It is eco-friendly and as such limits the use of chemical fertilizers.

b) It maintains the quality of the soil maintaining the flora and the fauna available organic manure, bio fertilizers such as Rhizobium, crop rotation method for the proper utilization of nutrients of soil etc and as such limits the use of chemical fertilizers. Thus, they are ecofriendly.

c) It ensures that the quality of the soil is intact as no synthesized chemicals and fertilizers are added. These measures preserve the soil microbiota.

d) Since they are ecofriendly they are not associated with soil pollution.