The document discusses the issues related to pesticide use in agriculture and its effects on health and the environment. It notes that pesticide levels in breast milk samples were much higher than allowed levels and caused problems in newborns like hydrocephalus. High contamination from pesticides was also found in water, soil and the environment. The overuse of pesticides is reducing the symbiotic relationship between soil and plants and impacting agricultural productivity. It promotes the use of organic farming techniques like composting, use of indigenous seeds and crop rotation to grow food without the use of chemicals. The document encourages terrace and kitchen gardening using organic methods to produce safe, nutritious food in urban areas.
2. For a better Beginning…
Lord of Obstacles..
..Lord of beginnings
3. Farmers - grow separate
crops for themselves
Pesticide levels in breast milk
samples were 400-800%
higher than allowed levels
4. Hydrocephalus due to
Endosulfan in neonatals
High contamination levels in
water, soil and environment
Toxic pesticides -
destruction of folic acid
especially during
pregnancy - stunted
growth, mental diseases,
etc. in unborn children
Symbiotic relationship between the soil and plants - Lost
India’s pesticide use on
vegetables as ‘alarmingly high’
7. The brand ‘ORGANIC’ - ?????
• Certified products/input – IMO,
INDOCERT, ECO-CERT, BIO-CERT,
USOCA, AOCA, ….
• Known sources
• BEST is OWN SOURCES
8. Shrinking Green Cover
• Dwindling Green Cover, price for Development
• Garden city to barren and dusty capital
• 50000 or more trees lost due to projects such as
Road widening, Metro etc
• By 2050, 50% world population live in cities
• Exploitation of agricultural land for development
- serious concerns over food resources
• Pollution -10 per cent of Bangalore’s population
and over 50 per cent of its children below 18
years suffer from air pollution- related ailments
Example - Bengaluru
In villages, situation is still worst, youngsters
moving to cities,…….. & agriculture production
and productivity dwindling
9. Farmers Migration
Agriculture is no more sought after profession with
increasing number of youth moving towards cities for
an alternate profession
12. Give Earth a Chance
“In our every deliberation we must consider the
impact of our decisions on the next seven
generations”
13. Exponential Growth?
Anyone who believes that
exponential growth can go forever in
a finite world is either a madman or
an economist.
- Kenneth Boulding (1910-1993)
(American Economist)
15. Green revolution and effects
PESTICIDE
&
CHEMICAL
FERTILISERS
ON
CROPS –TO GET HIGHER YIELD
Pesticide residues
CONTAMINATION OF SUB SOIL WATER
ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION
HEALTH HAZARD ON HUMAN BEINGS
17. Addressing Water & Waste
Household
Waste Segregated
Waste
Compost
Rain Water
harvesting
Water
Collection Urban Agriculture
Urban Agriculture is a critical link
in ensuring sustainable growth of
modern cities in India
Urban Agriculture is a critical link
in ensuring sustainable growth of
modern cities in India
18. Organic Terrace Garden
- FAQs
• Weight on my Terrace
• Water Leakage
• Soil
• What happens when it Rains?
• Too much Sunny during Summer
• Whether terrace gardening profitable
53. Terrace Garden Design
Lemon
Ridge
gourd
Medicinal Plants Sapota Drumstick
Pumpkin
Pomegranat
e
Banana Curry Leaf
Bitter
gourd
Grape Cucumber
PapayaBush Vegetables
Greens
Greens
Bush Vegetables
Herbs
T R A P C R O P
59. COMMON PROBLEMS
Stunted growth
Curling
Wilting
Leaves turning yellow
Drooping of Buds, Flowers and Leaves
Brown spot on foliage or tips turning brown
Small fruits decaying/blackening
Black spots, holes on fruits
Ants
63. Watering
• Water well – helps in better root
aeration and growth
• Water in the morning or evening
• Young seedlings/transplants with
shallow roots should be watered on
priority
• Avoid over watering – Nutrients are
washed away. It can cause root rots and
wilts
• Add more organic compost
• Avoid water stress during flowering and fruiting
• Advanced mechanized methods of watering like drip/sprinkler can be adopted,
but physical exercise has to be compromised
65. Plant Nutrients
Non Mineral Nutrients
Hydrogen
Carbon
Oxygen
Mineral Nutrients
Macro Nutrients Micro Nutrients
(Trace elements)
Primary Macro
Nutrients
Nitrogen (N)
Phosphorous(P)
Potassium(K)
Secondary Macro Nutrients
Calcium
Magnesium
Sulphur
Boron
Copper
Iron
Chlorine
Manganese
Molybdenum
Zinc
Selenium
Nickel
Sodium
66. White water
Domestic use
Rain water
Grey water Black water
Sewage
lines/drain
Filters
Terrace Garden/Kitchen gardenTerrace Garden/Kitchen garden
Excess
Household waste
Kitchen
waste
Electronic
waste
Paper/
Plastic
waste
Metal
waste
Medical/
hazardous
waste
Wet
waste
Dry
waste
Composting
/vermi-
composting
Filtered water
Fresh, safe
vegetables for
consumption
Garden
waste
Sanitation
and Hygiene
Sanitation
and Hygiene
Recycling
71. • Organic compost – varied nutrients
• Well matured compost
• Better to use small quantity of soil
• The ratio of compost and soil can vary
for different vegetables
• Better to give a handful of compost or
vermicompost during flowering and
fruiting
Nutrition
72. Composting (anaerobic)
• Very good for decaying waste
• Compost tea is highly enriched,
many metabolites, good plant
tonic
• Pickle should be mixed with dry
material and burried at the
plant base
89. • Min 4 hrs of direct sunlight
• Timely sufficient watering & good drainage
• Provide sufficient nutrients – matured compost,
panchagavya – at planting & at critical stages
Good growing conditions
Thanks: Vani Bhaskar
Thanks: Pradip Pal
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Pest Management Practices
90. • Local varieties
• Crop diversity – mixed cropping – garlic, coriander, …
• Trap crops – Marigold, sesamum, Chrysanthemum
• Regular Scouting - Handpicking of egg masses and
larvae, removal of sick plants
Light traps Mulching
Local varieties
Trap crops
Regular Scouting & removal of insect
stages
Pest Management Practices
91. • Chilli Garlic zinger extract 5% (Aphids, mites)
• Turmeric powder (ants)
• Neem products (all types of pests)
• Shikakai spray 5% (mealy bugs)
• Hing spray 0.2-0.5% (Thrips)
Pest Management Practices
Preventive sprays – 7-10 days interval (up to 40-50 days)
92. • Sweet flag extract - 3-5%(mildews, rots)
• Shikakai extract - 5% (root rots)
Plant diseases
Pest Management Practices
108. "Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things you didn't do than by
the things you did do. So throw off the bow lines,
sail away from the safe harbour, catch the trade
winds in your sails. Explore, dream, discover“ -
Mark Twain
The Purpose
109. Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Purpose
110. Next OFYT at St. Joseph’s
Coleege, Richmond Circle,
Bengaluru
on 26-27 Feb 2016
112. Please be part of our
ORGANIC FAMILY
Garden City Farmers, 503, 4th
Main, 6th
cross, Kengeri Upanagara, Bengaluru – 560060
Ph: 9845627217, gardencityfarmers@gmail.com