Arun K Sharma

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Is there any antagonistic effect on population and efficiency if all beneficial microorganisms multiply or apply in soil together in crop field ?

In ecofriendly agriculture various beneficial microorganisms are used for either protection or nutrition e.g Trichoderma spp., metarhizium anisopliae,beauveria bassiana, ,psudomonas, BT,NPV etc...

01 August 2018 6,160 3 View

Is total conversion of chemical farming of the world into organic possible ?

In the fast changing climate, depletion of water, agrodivesrsity and soil health it is going to be inevitable to convert whole wold farming into Ecofriendly /organic .Certainly it will be...

22 May 2018 6,207 73 View

Is productivity in organic/ecofrindly agriculture low or realistic ?

Generally an arguments is given by the opponents of organic agriculture that this is low yielder system and can not feed the world .Most of the results of chemical farming shows a decline or...

08 September 2017 7,013 16 View

Is there any difference in seed quality and character expression, produced in organic system and in conventional (Chemical) system?

Seed of same variety when grown in conventional system with chemical fertilisers, it( seed) may not get all the nutrients in its natural requirement while in organic system through compost it may...

11 May 2017 1,122 3 View

Which is more important to sustainable agriculture(A) Irrigation facility & prudent water use or (B)use of NPK Fertilisers in place of organic inputs?

In green revolution this NPK theory caused major loss in soil fertility and ultimately the agriculture productivity/unit fertiliser use has gone down in most of the green revolution areas. I am...

15 April 2017 9,951 28 View

What is the effect of pest and disease controlling microorganism on native soil fauna ,beneficial insects and on human being?

In ecological/organic farming several formulations with non native microorganisms are used for pest and disease control some examples are Trichoderma spp, Metarhizium, BT, NPV, Spinosad,...

13 April 2017 6,484 26 View

What is the contribution of synthetic fertilisers production and consumption vis a vis use of organic inptuts in making climate resilience farming ?

Fertiliser production and consumption adds million tons of CO2 equivalent gasses and reduce soil properties on the other side use of organic manure and other organic inputs fixes carbon in the...

12 April 2017 7,100 8 View

Does anyone have experimental results from an organic farm/area that are more than a decade old?

How much do they support the benefits claimed by the organic promoters? Apprehension and scepticism has been been shown by several viewers of researchgate about organic farming/agriculture,of...

07 March 2014 9,168 4 View

Three major arguments are given by the opponents of organic farming/agriculture (Details below). Do you agree/disagree with these arguments?

Three major arguments are given by the opponents of organic farming/agriculture, these are: 1. not sufficient organic inputs are available 2. yield level goes down with organic systems or is not...

08 February 2013 7,235 26 View