Organic fruits and vegetables is the biggest and fastest growing segment of the global organic food market.
The global sales of organic food have increased between 2001 and 2018. In 2018, sales of organic food was amounted to 95 billion U.S dollars.
People are becoming self conscious of the food they eat and skeptical about foods items because of the over use of chemicals used during farming that causes harm on health and environment.
More people are beginning to relate some disease such as cancer, kidney problems and fetal abnormalities to chemical residues in some food they eat.
Increasing awareness about health benefits from organic produce and effects from the use of synthetic fertilizer and other agro-chemicals has lead to the development of organic farming.
According to F.A.O organic farming is eliminating the use of synthetic inputs, such as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, genetically modified seeds and preservatives.
Organic farming is a production system that sustains the ecosystem and promote the health of the soil, consumer and the environment.

Procedure that constitute organic farming includes ;

Using of seeds of standard practice, seeds free from chemical treatment, seeds to be washed thoroughly before planting and also genetically modified seed is prohibited.
The use of synthetic pesticides is prohibited. Pesticides are potentially toxic to humans and can have both acute and chronic health effects, this may cause acute poisoning or long-term health effects, including cancer and adverse effects on reproduction. Practices like crop rotation is necessary to break down disease cycle pertaining to a certain crop species.
Enriching soil with natural amendment like compost, green manure and organic fertilizers. Poultry litters, cattle and pig dungs are rich in nutrients and are valuable animal wastes as organic fertilizer. However, research has shown chicken litter may contain important human pathogens like Salmonella sp. these pathogens can easily get deposited on crops with transmission to consumers when fruits and vegetables are consumed.
Poultry litters used as organic fertilizer may contain various amounts of infectious agents and toxic chemicals, especially the antibiotics given to the livestock which enhance the likelihood of occurrence of resistant and multi-resistant strains of microorganisms.
A wide range of animal pathogens of bacterial, viral and parasitic origin have been the cause of food-borne epidemics due to contamination from animal wastes used as organic fertilizers.
Further more, using them as organic fertilizers in an untreated way can further result in direct microbial contamination of surface water or via runoff from lands amended with such organic waste.
Some farm management practices used by organic farmers like minimum tillage, returning crop residues to the soil, the use of cover crops, crop rotations, and planting of nitrogen-fixing legumes has contributes to mitigating the greenhouse effect and global warming through its ability to increase the return of carbon to the soil and favors storage of carbon in the soil.
The strict standards that farmers have to follow ensure that people are eating health food which has been the driving force behind the rising the demand.
Organic farming is profitable because consumer are now conscious on what they eat research has shown that organic consumers are willing to pay a higher price for safe, healthy organic produce.
In organic farming nutrient cycling is increased and the retentive abilities of the soil for nutrients and water are enhanced.

Key attributes that constitute organic farming include;

Ability and eagerness to learn new ideas to experiment and also new techniques and practices.
Patience and good marketing skills.
A very high commitment towards healthy food production and protection of the environment.
Ability to network with other organic farmers to learn and share new ideas.
To grow healthy food in organic farming, you must start with healthy soil by sustaining the health of the soil using an organic fertilizer.
Organic fertilizers adds organic matter by providing a wide range of nutrients for plants and add beneficial microbes in the soil. The soil microbes are needed to break down organic matter and makes nutrients available for use.
By increasing the amount of organic matter in the soil. It helps enhance the soil ability to absorb water, greater water holding capacity, tighter nutrient cycling to prevent leaching.
Organic fertilizers makes nutrient available for use for plants providing the opportunity for Nitrogen to be digested by soil organism and use as nutrient by crops.
Organic fertilizer helps to make plant drought resistant because many chemical fertilize are water soluble which means the crop need more water to grow while organic fertilizers helps to conserve water.
As the world grapples for chemical – free healthy food production, it is important that farmers begin to change from the use of chemicals in agriculture and embrace more environmentally friendly organic product.

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