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| Organic farming in India: a vision towards a healthy nation |
| Suryatapa Das*, Annalakshmi Chatterjee** and Tapan Kumar Pal*** |
| *Department of Food and Nutrition, Maharani Kasiswari College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, **Department of Home Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, and ***Department of Biotechnology, Bengal Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India |
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Abstract Food quality and safety are the two important factors that have gained ever-increasing attention in general consumers. Conventionally grown foods have immense adverse health effects due to the presence of higher pesticide residue, more nitrate, heavy metals, hormones, antibiotic residue, and also genetically modified organisms. Moreover, conventionally grown foods are less nutritious and contain lesser amounts of protective antioxidants. In the quest for safer food, the demand for organically grown foods has increased during the last decades due to their probable health benefits and food safety concerns. Organic food production is defined as cultivation without the application of chemical fertilizers and synthetic pesticides or genetically modified organisms, growth hormones, and antibiotics. The popularity of organically grown foods is increasing day by day owing to their nutritional and health benefits. Organic farming also protects the environment and has a greater socio-economic impact on a nation. India is a country that is bestowed with indigenous skills and potentiality for growth in organic agriculture. Although India was far behind in the adoption of organic farming due to several reasons, presently it has achieved rapid growth in organic agriculture and now becomes one of the largest organic producers in the world. Therefore, organic farming has a great impact on the health of a nation like India by ensuring sustainable development.
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Received: 15 December 2019
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Corresponding Authors:
Suryatapa Das
E-mail: dassuryatapa@gmail.com
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印度有机农业：健康国度的愿景
食品质量和食品安全是广大消费者日益关注的两大重要因素。传统种植的产品由于存在更高的农药残留、大量的硝酸盐、重金属、激素、抗生素残留以及转基因生物，对人类健康产生了巨大的不利影响。此外，传统种植作物营养价值较低，抗氧化物质含量较少。在寻求更安全的食品过程中，有机食品可能会给人体带来健康益处和食品安全，因此在过去几十年对其需求不断增加。有机食品生产被定义为不使用化肥、合成杀虫剂或转基因生物、生长激素和抗生素的作物种植。有机食品因其营养丰富和对人体健康有益，日益受到欢迎。同时，有机农业还可以保护环境，以及对一个国家的社会经济发展会产生更大的影响。印度是一个拥有本土种植和发展有机农业潜力的国家。尽管由于种种原因，印度在采用有机农业方面远远落后，但目前在有机农业方面取得了迅速的发展，现已成为世界上最大的有机生产国之一。因此，有机农业通过确保可持续发展对如印度这样国家的健康有着巨大的影响。
关键词：
食品安全,
有机食品,
生物多样性,
可持续农业,
传统农业
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