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

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

Course content

1 section · 42 lectures · 20h 5m

1. 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
   • 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