Organic farming has numerous environmental benefits; it also has some key limitations. Agricultural scientist Steve Savage lists some of these. read more
What you consider as a down-side is actually one of the goals promoted by the EU directive that regulates organic farming : re-creating a balance between surface and animal population and bringing back amounts of manure being applied to an acceptable level. read more
Main Limitations in traditional organic farming. 1. High cost of cultivation / acre 2 . Low Yield / acre 3. Lack of right knowledge among-st organic farmers. However, if right amounts of irrigation and fertigation are followed, both the above factors would be turned to your favor. This is the method we use in our farms to maintain success. read more
There are several limitations of organic farming. One is that synthetic pesticides are not used in true organic farming, so it is much more labor intensive than non-organic farming. read more