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Organic farming
Concepts tested here
- Organic farming practices
All Questions
2011 AIPMT-MAINS 1 question
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Consider the following statements (A–D) about organic farming.
A. Utilizes genetically modified crops like Bt cotton
B. Uses only naturally produced inputs like compost
C. Does not use pesticides and urea
D. Produces vegetables rich in vitamins and minerals
Which of the above statements are correct?Organic farming is a cyclical, zero-waste method of farming in which the waste products of one process are cycled in as nutrients for other processes.
It uses only naturally produced inputs such as compost, manure, biofertilisers and biological pest control, so (B) is correct.
It avoids chemical inputs: no synthetic pesticides and no chemical fertilisers such as urea, so (C) is correct.
Genetically modified crops such as Bt cotton are not part of organic farming, so (A) is wrong.
Organic farming is defined by the way the crop is grown; it does not by itself make vegetables richer in vitamins and minerals (that is biofortification), so (D) is wrong.
Hence the correct statements are (B) and (C) only.