International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Preeti, Santosh, Dr. Ella Rani and Priyanka Bedi

abstract
India has traditionally practiced organic agriculture, but the process of modernization, especially the green revolution technologies, has led to the increased use of chemicals. Due to excessive use of fertilizers the soil fertility decreasing day by day. Again, there is a need of making trend of organic farming because Organic farming is in direct relationship with environmental sustainability due to its role in enhancing natural health of environment. This paper analyse the perception and significance of organic farming in agriculture and review on the policies in the respective sector with some factual suggestions for the progress of organic farming. It is one of the path in making the healthy environment which enhance the quality of life. Various existing studies on the topic was reviewed by searching on numerous databases like Springer, Research gate, Google Scholar, Elsevier etc. The study has revealed that the farmers have positive perception towards soil fertility, nutritional value and high in demand of organic farming but it was also shown that the farmer don’t have proper marketing facilities and they even don’t get proper return on investment. These were the main reasons that the farmers are not adopting the organic farming. Many legislations and policies have been framed across the globe for the development of organic farming but still there is a requirement of proper implementation of the policies at the regional level. So, there is a need to impart knowledge regarding organic farming among farmers so proper information should be given to farmers through various channels like campaign, radio and TV programmes, news articles and some success stories should also be shared to motivate the farmers.