Agriculture & farming

Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural Production (NPTEL, IIT Kharagpur)

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42 video lectures (20h 5m)
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About this course

The complete NPTEL course on organic farming by Prof. Dillip Kumar Swain of IIT Kharagpur: the science and practice of growing food organically, from soil to certification and market. Who it's for: agriculture students, farmers, agri-entrepreneurs and anyone interested in sustainable farming. These are the free, official videos of the "Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural production" playlist from the NPTEL IIT Kharagpur YouTube channel (youtube.com/@IITKharagpurJuly-is9ie). All videos belong to NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur; Sikhami is not affiliated with NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur and simply arranges the public playlist into a course, so you can learn one lesson at a time and keep track of your progress.

What you will learn

• Organic farming, its components and its status • Organic farming and climate change • Composting and vermicompost production, quality and marketing • Organic management of crops and vegetables • Organic livestock and meat production • Integrated farming systems and urban agriculture • Organic food and health, certification and marketing

This course at a glance

Lectures: 42 video lectures
Video: 20h 5m in all
Level: Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional
Language: English
Access: Lifetime access
Certificate: On completion

Lectures last updated September 2026

Course content

1 section · 42 lectures · 20h 5m

1. Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural production by Prof. Dilip Kumar Swa
- Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural Production by Prof Dillip Kumar Swain4m
- Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural Production by Prof Dillip Kumar Swain4m
- Lecture 1: Organic Farming: Introduction and Status29m
- Lecture 2: Organic Farming: Introduction and Status28m
- Lecture 3: Organic Farming and its Components27m
- Lecture 4: Organic Farming Concepts and Principles26m
- Lecture 5: "Organic Farming Concepts and Principles (Contd.) "30m
- Lecture 6: SWOT Analysis of Organic Farming31m
- Lecture 7: Sustainable Agricutlture28m
- Lecture 8: Key Indicators of Sustainable Agriculture28m
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- Lecture 9: Organic Farming and Climate Change29m
- Lecture 10: Organic Farming and Climate Change (Contd.)31m
- Lecture 11 : Principles of Compost Production31m
- Lecture 12 : Vermicompost Production Technology15m
- Lecture 13 : Vermicompost Production Technology27m
- Lecture 14 : Vermicompost Production Technology (Contd.)20m
- Lecture 15 : Enriched Vermicompost Production Technology35m
- Lecture 16 : Vermicompost Quality and Marketing33m
- Lecture 17 : Introduction to Pest and Disease Management31m
- Lecture 18 : Pest and Disease Management in Organic Farming32m
- Lecture 19 : Level "C" Pest and Disease Management28m
- Lecture 20 : Level "C" Pest and Disease Management (Contd.)27m
- Lecture 21 : Introduction to Organic Crop Management28m
- Lecture 22 : Introduction to Organic Crop Management (Contd.)32m
- Lecture 23 : Organic Vegetable Crop Management31m
- Lecture 24 : Organic Vegetable Crop Management (Cereals)26m
- Lecture 25 : Organic Vegetable Crop Management Cereals Contd.29m
- Lecture 26 : Organic Field Crop Management (Pulse and Oilseed Crop)33m
- Lecture 27 : Organic Plantation Crop Mangement30m
- Lecture 28 : Organic Meat Production29m
- Lecture 29 : Introduction on transition to organic crop production32m
- Lecture 30 : Crop planning and rotation design in organic system34m
- Lecture 31 : Crop planning and rotation design in organic system (Contd)32m
- Lecture 32 : Integrated Farming System and Urban Agriculture35m
- Lecture 33 : Quality of Organic Food32m
- Lecture 34 : Natural Sources of Antioxidants for Health Defense31m
- Lecture 35 : Antioxidant Capacity of fruits and vegetables33m
- Lecture 36 : Organic Food and Human Health29m
- Lecture 37 : Organic Standard31m
- Lecture 38 : Organic Certification Process23m
- Lecture 39 : Operational Structure of Organic Certification28m
- Lecture 40 : Marketing of Organic Products32m

How long it takes

20h 5m of video in 42 lectures. Pick a pace that suits you:

Steady
about 6 weeks
at 30 minutes a day
Regular
about 3 weeks
at 1 hour a day
Fast track
11 days
at 2 hours a day

Video time only: practice takes a little longer. Your place in every lecture is saved, so you can stop any time.

Earn a certificateLearn more

Watch every lecture, then claim a certificate of completion with your name on it.

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Included with the course, at no extra cost

Who teaches it

Sikhami InstituteNew Delhi · 297 courses · 693 learners · 472 followersSikhami Institute is Sikhami's own institute for free learning. We pick some of the best free courses on YouTube, from Harvard's CS50, MIT, NPTEL, Khan Academy, Google, Microsoft, the BBC, Crash Course, PW, Magnet Brains, CodeWithHarry and many more, and turn them into proper courses on Sikhami that you can follow lesson by lesson while your progress is saved. Free courses in every category, in English and Hindi: school and competitive exams, programming and AI, languages, music and dance, art, yoga and fitness, cooking, trades, business, marketing, farming and more. All videos belong to their creators and play from their official YouTube channels, and each course credits its creator. Questions or suggestions? Write to help@sikhami.com.

Questions people ask

Is this course free?

Yes. Joining is free, and the lectures unlock as soon as you join. Once you join, it is yours for life.

How long is the course?

42 video lectures, 20h 5m of video in all. At an hour a day, the videos take about 3 weeks. You learn at your own pace; there are no fixed class times.

Do I get a certificate?

Yes. When you have watched every lecture, you can claim a certificate of completion. It has its own page and code, so anyone can check that it is real. About certificates

What language is it taught in?

English.

Can I learn on my phone?

Yes. Watch on the website or in the Sikhami app for Android with the same account. Your place in every lecture is saved, so you can switch between them.

Can I ask the teacher a doubt?

Yes. Ask it in the questions on the course page, or from inside any lecture while you watch. You can also keep your own notes on each lecture.

Who made these videos?

The lectures are the free, public videos of the YouTube playlist "Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural production by Prof. Dilip Kumar Swain", and they belong to their creator. Sikhami arranges them into a course, so you can learn one lecture at a time and keep track of your progress.

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