COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOIL TOXICITY AND MICROBIALCONTENT IN ORGANIC VS CONVENTIONAL FARMING FIELDSNaveen Malik, Sandeep Gawdiya, Ravi Kumar and Vandana MishraAbstract After attaining self sufficiency in food grain production with the help of advancement in agriculture, inrecent time awareness has increased regarding ill-effects of this advancement. Organic farming is seen as apractice to get rid of chemicals that evolved during green revoluion in the name of fertilizers and pesticides.A comparative analysis of parameters like heavy metal, phenol and microbial content of soil samples collectedfor conventional farming from farmer field of Kharad village and for organic farming from ChaudharyCharan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU) research farm in Hisar district Haryana, Indiawas done. The results proved that Organic farming substantially reduces toxicity of heavy metals and keepthe concentration of heavy metals in check. Also overall population of microbes is very well sustained inorganic farming not only in numbers term but also in diversity. So it can be suggested from the study thatorganic farming practice is a sustainable way to preserve healthy soil environment. |