Integrated Nutrient Management through Organics for Crop Production under Rainfed Areas

The term "Organic" means living thing and farming with the philosophy of organic is to make production system living for long life. Organic agriculture/ horticulture are holistic approach for food production which promotes and enhances agro-ecosystem health including quality and healthy food. The use of chemical fertilizers efficiency of soil is going away to be deteriorating. Because little of knowledge of the farmers in using excess dose of fertilizer. To avoid such side effect of chemical fertilizers, use of organic sources of nutrients in integrated manner is today's need. Moreover, chemical fertilizers, organic fertilizers also supply the all nutrient, without upsetting of soil health. Integrated Organic Nutrient Management involves suitable combination of organic manure, crop residues, N₂ fixing crops fitting to the system of land uses and natural, social and profitable conditions. Vermicompost, farmyard manure, green manure and biofertilizer should be useful every year to supply of the plant nutrients. Since of organic fertilizers microbial movement of soil increases, improves in soil structure, aggregate stability, water holding capacity, soil aeration and increase in organic matter in soil. Plant nutrients, soil nutrients, compost, soil amendments and crop residues, farmyard manure, biological nitrogen fixation, biofertilizers are the major component of INM.