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How can we make agriculture more eco-friendly?

We can make agriculture eco-friendly by opting for organic farming. 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 eco friendly.


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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.

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Why should we find ways for conserving water used in agriculture? What are your suggestions for the conservation of water?