Organic Farming (1+1)

Plant Protection

• Natural methods are to be adopted. Preventive, cultural thermophysical, etc., promote natural predators and bioagents.
• Prohibited: Synthetic products, GM products.Restricted: Most of the plant products. Even neem oil, biopesticides (NPV, fugae, bacterial, etc.).
• Not allowed: Alcoholic product based plant pesticides, soft soap based pesticides even sterilised insects.
• Allowed: Most of homeopathic, herbal and BD preparation, pheromone traps and mechanical traps-allowed / permitted.
• Until now, the Indian standards are only compulsory for products to be exported. It is planned to apply the same standards also for the domestic market.