Friday, December 31, 2010

Organic Agriculture

Entering the 21st century, the world community began to realize the danger posed by the use of synthetic chemicals in agriculture. People getting wise in choosing food that is safe for health and environmentally friendly. Healthy lifestyle with the slogan Back to Nature has become a new trend to leave the old life patterns that use non-natural chemicals, such as fertilizers, chemical pesticides and synthetic growth hormones in agricultural production. A healthy and nutritious food high can be produced with the new method, known as organic farming.



Organic agriculture is a cultivation technique that relies on natural ingredients without the use of synthetic chemicals. The main purpose of organic agriculture is to provide agricultural products, especially food which is safe for the health of producers and consumers and does not damage the environment. Thus a healthy lifestyle has been institutionalized internationally, which requires the assurance that agricultural products should be safe to eat beratribut (food safety attributes), high nutrient content (nutritional attributes) and environmentally friendly (eco-labeling attributes). Consumer preferences such as these cause the world demand for organic agricultural products increased rapidly.

Modern Organic Agriculture

In recent years, modern organic farming into the agricultural system Indonesia sporadic and small. Developing modern organic farming produces food that is safe for health and environment-friendly production systems. But in general the concept of modern organic farming has not been known and still widely questioned. The emphasis is more to the left while the use of synthetic pesticides. With the growing knowledge and technology, health, environment, microbiology, chemistry, molecular biology, biochemistry and others, organic farming continues to grow.

In modern organic farming systems required quality standards and is enforced by importing countries with very strict. Frequently one of organic agricultural products must be returned to the exporting countries including Indonesia because they still found the content of pesticide residues and other chemicals.

The number of products that claim to be organic agricultural products that are not certified to make doubt on the part of consumers. Certification of organic agricultural products can be divided into two criteria, namely:

a) Local Certification for the domestic market share. Agricultural activities is still tolerate the use of synthetic chemical fertilizers in a minimal amount or Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA), but have very limited use of synthetic pesticides. Pest control by using the biopesticide, tolerant varieties, as well as biological agents. The team to formulate a national certification has been established by the Ministry of Agriculture with the involvement of universities and other parties concerned.

b) International certification for export shares and certain circles in the country, such as the certification issued by or Skål or IFOAM. Some of the requirements that must be met, including the conversion of land, storage of organic products, seeds, fertilizers and pesticides as well as processing results must meet certain requirements as organic agricultural products.

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