Is organic food more nutritious? Some studies have indeed shown that foods produced from naturally processing the security level higher than the food products produced through the use of agricultural chemicals. The rise of organic food production these days is driven by consumers who are aware of it. What are plusnya value? Plus 1: It's safer Visible are difficult to distinguish between organic and non-organic foods. The easiest way and for sure is by observing the presence or absence of the label 'organic' on the products you want to buy. Processed organic foods in a very different way than conventional food products. Not only free of chemicals (pesticides, fertilizer, hormones, drugs), but also must meet international requirements that have been determined. In the West, the more vegetable products and fresh fruits labeled organic. Also in the form of processed foods such as cereals, baby food, pasta or organic. Even this has become a philosophy.
Although many studies indicate that pesticide residues in vegetables and fruits are still within safe limits, no studies that show exactly komulatifnya impact. Some health problems are rampant these past 50 years, allegedly has close ties with the introduction of the use of pesticides.
Of breast cancer cases increased 40%, prostate cancer, the average male sperm count is decreased to 50%, until one of 150 baby boys newborn experiencing hypospadiasm (peculiarities of male genitalia). Yet organic vegetables and fruits are not guaranteed free from sources of disease (viral or bacterial). Organic vegetables have a higher risk of transmitting congenital disease, because usually washed with water nonklorida. Water used to be unable to kill bacteria and viruses that attach to the vegetables and fruits.
Plus 2: Rich nutrition Several studies have shown that organic foods contain nutrients that are higher than conventional products. Research is supervised by Chris Aleson, president of The Organics Retailers and Growers Association of Australia shows the level of calcium, pottasium, magnesium, sodium, iron and zinc in organic vegetables 10% higher.
One cause of the high content of nutrients in organic products is because the irradiation process experienced by non-organic products. Beam radiation is used to preserve other than conventional products disinfect and bacteria also destroys some components of chemical molecules and convert them into free radicals.
Other research shows vitamin A, B complex, C, E and K on the irradiated vegetables decreased to 80%. Organic products do not allow preservation techniques with chemicals. Moreover, this is not really needed. Some organic farmers even claim that organic vegetables last longer. High nutrition is also a result of organic agricultural soils are more fertile and maintained. Pesticides used in conventional agriculture-producing microbes destroy enzymes needed vitamins plants.
Right way Vegetable Processing What if the organic materials are hard to find at your place? You may be a bit amused by the results of research on lettuce, cabbage, spinach, carrots, green beans, and the origin caisin Cianjur, which showed a decrease in pesticide levels significantly after treatment. In raw spinach for example, propinebnya levels reached 0.0061 mg / kg. After pan-fried, levels fell to 0.0027 mg / kg.
Warming will also cause the cell walls of vegetable cellulose and Hemicellulose damaged. So that pesticides become more independent and dissolve easily in water, until finally evaporated. Instead, use spices it can increase levels of pesticides in processed vegetables.
This can be seen in processed vegetables beans, eggplant, carrots, green beans, and caisin. Presumably, the spice is used also contain pesticide residues. Generally, our bodies can tolerate the pesticide residues on certain levels. To avoid excessive consumption of pesticide residues should you consider the value of the ADI or Acceptable Daily Intake. ADI for each type of different pesticides. For example propineb, 0007 mg / mg BW / day.
Vs. Raw Mature Spinach Both the cooked and raw state. Raw spinach contains more folate. Richer cooked koroten beta. Whether raw or cooked, spinach axalic acid, which block the absorption of calcium and iron. Garlic Good cooking, better eating raw. Raw garlic works as an antibiotic but it is difficult to digest the stomach. Some sulfur compounds are more potent when eaten garlic-raw mehtah Broccoli & cauliflower Whether eaten raw or cooked. Both these vegetables contain sulfur compounds that can attack cancer; be more potent when eaten raw. When cooked, its potential to produce gas will be lost and can increase the absorption of iron. Mushrooms Cooked. Raw mushrooms are toxic hydrazines, which would be destroyed if exposed to hot temperatures. Shiitake and maitake mushrooms are cooked is the source of polysaccharides that can fight cancer. Potato & eggplant Perfectly ripe. Not yet clear whether the heat has the effect of solanine, a toxic substance found in many of these vegetables. But the cooking process makes starch more digestible. Celery Cook, or eat raw celery in small amounts. Raw celery contains psorairens, which can damage the immune system, if eaten in large quantities. Tomatoes Whether raw or cooked. Raw tomatoes contain more vitamin C, but lycopene, an antioxidant that can fight cancer, come late when cooked. Carrots Excellent raw, cooked better. Raw carrots contain a lot of beta carotene, the substance will cook more easily absorbed by the body. Red Onion / Onions Whether raw or cooked. Sulfur compounds that help keep blood vessels clean stronger in raw garlic. Memasakjuga will liberate quercetin, making it easier for your body uses free radicals flvonoid deterrence. http://www.jadilangsing.com/dietnutrisi/diet_nutrisi_detail.asp?id=482
Damage to the main land is the result of erosion. Erosion not only causes damage to soil erosion in places, but also the damage in other places that the results of erosion are deposited. a. Damage at the scene of the erosion
Damage to soil erosion in place primarily due to loss of soil from the site because of erosion. Loss of this land resulted in the following matters:
1. decrease in soil productivity; 2. loss of the necessary nutrients the plant; 3. decreased crop quality; 4. rate of infiltration and water holding capacity decreased soil; 5. structure of the soil become damaged; 6. more energy is needed to cultivate the land; 7. Gully and bank erosion (landslides) caused the land is divided and reduce the area of arable land and 8. reduced farmers' income.
b. Damage in the recipients of erosion
Erosion can also cause damage in the erosion of the recipient. Move soil erosion following chemical compounds in it such as elements of plant nutrients (N, Phospor, organic materials and so on) or the remnants of pesticides and herbicides (DDT, Endrin, etc.).
c. Mechanical process of rain water
Rain water is very hard to scrape and scratch the soil at the surface that can form the gutter. In areas not bervegetasi, heavy rain can wash away soil-cubic berkubik. Rain water can also wash away the mud, so there was a flood of mud.
Deposition of soil materials following chemical compounds they contain can be considered as pollution (pollution) in place. Pollution caused by solid materials is called the land "sediment pollution", while the pollution by chemical compounds in the soil called "chemical pollution". Chemical pollution of the soil can be divided into chemical pollution from nutrients (fertilizer) and chemical pollution from pesticides / herbicides.
Sediment pollution: the deposition of eroded soil material to another place. This precipitation can cause:
-- Pendangkalan the river so that the capacity of the river decreases. Consequently increase the occurrence of floods, especially if a lot of water flows as surface flow (run off) because the loss of vegetation in the upstream region. -- Land-rich soil sometimes become damaged due to soil-buried by a thin soil or rocks, sand, gravel from elsewhere. -- When used for drinking water, dirty water should cost more to clean it. -- Because of the murky water, then reduce the photosynthesis of water plants (because of the sun through the water hard). -- The changes in the amount of transported material affect the balance of these rivers. If there is precipitation in a dam, the water that has lost much of that haul these materials will find a new balance with the channel or erode the basic foundation of the dam is causing the damage. -- Sometimes the sediment pollution may well influence the case of deposition of fertile lands, such as alluvial lands around the rivers.
Chemical pollution from fertilizers. Chemical pollution from fertilizers are polluting nutrient elements of plants. The lands transferred by the erosion in general contain higher nutrients than the soil left behind. This is due to the eroded soil is generally fertile top layer.
Besides the fine soil fraction (dust) is more easily eroded therefore nutrients from fertilizers, especially "P" is largely absorbed by the soil grains are so many elements of "P" is missing because of erosion. Besides, most of the "P" in the ground so hard soluble P transported to another place with the solid parts of the ground. Elements soluble nutrients such as nitrogen (nitrate), are generally transported to another place along with the flow surface (run off) or water infiltration (infiltration).
-- Nutrient pollution of N and P in irrigation water to give a good result because it can nourish plants. -- N pollution in drinking water can endanger health. For example too much nitrate will cause disease in infants known as Metahemoglobinemia. -- Nutrient pollution in the lake can disrupt the biological balance. Lakes that had poor nutrient (oligotropik) enriched with elements of P and other nutrients that fertility increased to moderate (mesotropik), and so become fertile (eutropik). This process is called eutrophication process.
As a result of eutrophication process of this development there is a vast algae (algae bloom), thus reducing the availability of oxygen for fish and other creatures that live in water. Besides algae-filled water will have the taste and smell unpleasant for drinking water purposes.
Nutrient pollution prevention is the best fertilizer by providing such a way that all the nutrients can be absorbed by plants. In practice, such cases may not be so advisable a more practical response is by preventing erosion and excessive run-off by using the rules of land and water preservation.
Chemical pollution by pesticide materials. Pesticides can be classified into two major classes of soluble pesticides (destroyed) and pesticides that difficult destroyed. Group that is difficult destroyed (dissolved) is the main pesticide pollution. Besides the difficult late-type pesticides are absorbed by grains such as finely ground P element so that more transported to another place with soil-eroded land. As with any nutrient, pesticide pollution problems in many water supplies, especially disturbing in the health field.
There are things to know is the process of biomagnification through the food chain cycle for some types of pesticides that can be absorbed mainly by strong in body tissues such as DDT. With this process of pesticide concentrate initially very small and harmless and became more and more fatal (can cause death).
Pesticide pollution prevention can be done by limiting the use of many pesticides such as DDT residues caused, Aldrin, Dieldrin, and so on. The best prevention of course prevent the erosion of the source. In this way the pesticides and nutrients are bound in the soil grains (DDT, Aldrin, Dieldrin) can be avoided to not be a source of pollution. Nutrients and soluble pesticides can still flow to other places with the water run off and infiltration, but this type of pollution source was not so dangerous.
VOCABULARY
Biomagnification : absorption of material into the body slowly Run off : drainage water in the earth's surface Infiltration : permeation Oligotropik : nutrient poor (infertile) Mesotropik : sufficient nutrients (fertility is) Entropic : nutrient-rich (fertile) Algae boom : algae became very much
Composting is the decomposition of compounds contained in the remains of organic materials (such as straw, leaves, household garbage, etc.) with special treatment (natural weathering). Results composting is commonly referred to as compost.
In an open environment, compost can happen by itself. Through natural processes, grass leaves, and animal waste and other garbage to rot over time because of the cooperation between the microorganisms and the weather.
The process can be accelerated by human treatment, to produce good quality compost, within a period not too long. For if at any time that we need compost quickly, we can not wait for the compost from the process that takes style a long period it.
Compost Function:
Soil Conditioner; works to improve soil structure, especially for dry land and farm Increasing the capacity of the soil store water (increase soil water holding capacity) Soil Ameliorator; function enhances cation exchange capacity (KPK) both on land and land paddy fields and others. Compost and Soil Fertility One element is the soil-forming organic material. So it is clear how important the addition of organic material into the soil. As already known, terentuk organic material from the rest of the plant, animal or animal waste, also the rest of the millions of tiny creatures in the form of bacteria fungi, algae, animal cells had one or more cells. Time of animals and plants of this before it becomes an organic material, will undergo a process of change first.
Before undergoing the process of change, the remaining animals and plants are not useful to plants, because nutrients are bound in a form that can not be absorbed by plants. Therefore, necessary dikomposkan. During the dissociation process of change and organic materials, nutrient-free foods will be a form of soluble and can be absorbed by plants.
Organic materials that have been terkompos well, not only enrich food crops but especially a big role to improve soil properties, such as:
mengembailkan soil fertility improvement mellui soil properties both physical, and biological poverty accelerate and facilitate the absorption of nitrogen by the plant elements having previously held a special treatment prevent infection caused by the seeds of plants bully can be provided easily, cheaply and relatively quickly composted organic materials on the belt increases the sandy soil, so not easy landslide improve the structure of clay organic material in the soil will enhance the binding ability of nutrients and water reservoir, so the land can provide more water and food for plants and can prevent the occurrence of floods improve drainage and soil air system, especially paa heavy soil. By order of good air and soil water content is high enough, then the air temperature will be more stable. Making Purpose Compost Why use compost so important?. There are several reasons to be mentioned, namely complement the organic material needs of other fertilizers (green manure, manure, chemical fertilizers and so on). Another consideration the use of compost, is considering the use of artificial fertilizer / chemical costly. Artificial fertilizers can be swept away or evaporates water into the air. But if we mix the fertilizer with the remaining plants or other raw materials dikompos, then the artificial fertilizers will not be easily swept away the rain or evaporate into the air.
Some farmers who have managed to say that an artificial fertilizers mixed bags of compost is better than the three bags of fertilizer mixed welcome without compost. Artificial fertilizers mixed compost into compost into organic fertilizer enriched.
The promotion of the use of compost, can also be used from the supply of materials derived from plants (straw, municipal waste, etc.) in large quantities. Then how?. It is known that the C / N farms: 10 - 12. So organic materials that will be used as fertilizer, should have a ratio of C / N is close to C / N soil. Are the remnants of plants that are still fresh in general C / N was high, so can not be directly used as compost.
List Comparison C / N from a variety of plants:
Type Grow - plants / materials C / N Ratio - Wood (depending on the kind & pd age) + 200 to 400 - Rice straw from 50 to 70 - 100 cornstalk - Dried leaves (depending on colors) 50 - more - 50 skins cottonwoods - Materials and green manure that is not too old & lord 20 - Fresh leaves (depending on the kind pd) 10 to 20 - Skin of the coffee fruit from 15 to 20 - The rest of the trimming, tree branches (depending on the kind & age) 15 to 60 - The rest of the tea tree trimming 15 to 17 - Salvia 17 - Leaves of young dadap 11 - Tephrosia the young leaves 11 - Cotton seeds bungkil 10 - 7 beans bungkil
The materials have a C / N equal or close to C / N of land, of course can be directly used. But before it is used as fertilizer, should dikomposkan first. This so C / N was lower or close to C / N soil.
So is piling composting organic materials and allowing it to break down into materials that have a ratio of C / N is low before it is used as fertilizer.
Conditions of Success Making Compost:
Composition of Raw Materials Up to a certain extent, the smaller the size of the pieces of raw materials, the sooner pembusukannya time. This is because the more surface available for bacterial decay to attack and destroy these materials. To accelerate the process of decay, we can chop up the leaves, twigs and other organic materials by hand.
Temperature and Altitude Compost Heap Heat preservation is very important in making compost. And one factor that determines the high temperature is high pile itself. High deposits are eligible is about 1.25 to 2 meters. This will meet the security needs for heat and air. At the time of decay processes take place, the piles of material 1.5 meters in height will decrease until about 1 or as high as 1.25 meters.
The influence of nitrogen (N) Heap that was too little nitrogen (a substance needed for breeding bacteria destruction) will not generate heat the material to decompose quickly. However, levels of carbon / nitrogen (C / N) high can cause the heap to rot slowly working through organic substances low temperatures (mostly mushrooms)
Humidity Compost pile should always be damp, but we need to keep it in order not to tarnish. Because the excess water will be mengkibatkan air volume decreases. The more wet the heap, the more often we have to stir it to keep and prevent breeding an-aerobic bacteria.
Tub Shelters Serve as reservoirs to accommodate the compost material to be processed at once to flip through to combine and decay processes take place evenly.
Stirring The purpose of the stirring process of composting:
ORGANIC CULTIVATION TECHNOLOGY By: Dr. Ir. MS Ririen Prihandarini INTRODUCTION
Entering the 21st century many public complaints mainly upper middle people of various diseases such as stroke, narrowing of blood vessels, Calcification, and others, which caused diet. A lot of processed foods with added chemicals. Besides, farmers who use the culture of chemical pesticides with excessive frequency and dosage will produce food poisoning consumer bodies. The existence of heavy metals contained in the chemical pesticides will enter into the bloodstream. Even eat vegetables that had always been considered healthy, now also have to watch out for lots of vegetables sprayed with chemical pesticides excess. At this time one in four Americans consume organic products. In the country, the rate of growth of organic products was remarkable, ie more than 20% annually in the last ten years, and it makes organic farming grow very quickly in filling the economic sector (Wood, Chaves and Comis, 2002). In the era of globalization, organic vegetable market was open and now Australia has taken this opportunity to export organic vegetables to the U.S. market, several European countries such as England, Germany and France, Japan, also to some Southeast Asian countries like Malaysia and Singpura (McCoy, 2001). This situation also dicermti Asian countries like Thailand which since 1995 has issued a standardization and certification of organic products (ACT, 2001). Opportunity Indonesia became the world organic food producers, large enough. Besides having 20% of tropical agricultural land, germplasm very diverse, the availability of organic materials was also quite a lot. But according to IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movement) utilizing the new Indonesia 40,000 ha (0.09%) agricultural land for organic farming, which still required a variety of programs that synergistically together to deliver one of Indonesia as the country's leading organic producers Indonesia's tropical climate, is the capital outstanding natural resources in which various vegetables, fruits and food crops to various flowers can be cultivated throughout the year. Survey BPS (2000) shows the production of vegetables in Indonesia, including onions, cabbage, mustard greens, carrots and potatoes, respectively 772,818, 1,336,410, 484,615, 326,693 and 977,349 tons of the total area of 291,192 ha. Furthermore a survey conducted by the Directorate of Plant Vegetables, Ornamental Plants and various shows that the needs of a variety of vegetables in 8 supermarkets in Jakarta, about 766 tons per month, of which around 5% is vegetable imports (Rizky, 2002). ORGANIC FARMING SYSTEM Since 1990, the issue of organic farming began to blow hard in the world. Since then started popping up various organizations and companies that produce organic products. In Indonesia declared Indonesian Society of Organic Agriculture (MAPORINA) on the date February 1, 2000 in Malang. Indonesia has been circulating in organic agriculture products from local production such as organic rice, organic coffee, organic tea and a few other products. Likewise, there are products such as pesticide-free vegetables produced by the Garden Experiments FP Unibraw Cangar Malang. Nevertheless, organic products circulating in Indonesian markets is very limited in terms of quantity and variety. Organic agriculture can be defined as an agricultural production system which avoids or exclude the use of synthetic compounds for fertilizers, growth substances, and pesticides. Forbids the use of synthetic chemicals in organic farming is one of a fairly severe constraint for farmers, in addition to changing the culture that has developed the last 35 years of organic farming to produce reduced if treatment is not right. On the other hand, farmers have been accustomed to relying on inorganic fertilizers (Urea, TSP, KCl, etc.) and synthetic pesticides as a farming culture since the last 35 years. Moreover, the use of pesticides, fungicides at farmers who already are very familiar with our farmers. That is what is used to control the attack of some 10,000 species of insects that have the potential as a pest plant and about 14,000 species of fungi that have the potential to cause diseases of various crops cultivation. The reason farmers choose to synthetic pesticides on their land mengendaliakan al OPT because the application is easy, effective in controlling quarantine pests, and many are available in the market. Even during these six decades, pesticides have been regarded as the savior of crop production in addition to advances in plant breeding. Pesticides on the market is Indonesia generally synthetic pesticides. Organic Farming System is a system of holistic and integrated production, optimize health and productivity of agro-ecosystems in nature and able to produce food and fiber are sufficient, quality and sustainability (MoA 2002). In fact, farmers in the past we have introduced a system of organic farming in a way to recycle organic waste remaining crops as fertilizer. But with the implementation of policies that kimiawa agricultural systems improved significantly since the policy dicanangkannya chemical farming systems of developing dicanangkannya improved significantly since the Green Revolution movement in the 1970s knows, the more priority to the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, although for a while to increase agricultural production, in fact in the long term cause damage to the physical properties, chemical, and biological soil, which ultimately leads to more extensive critical and marginal land in Indonesia. Organic farming systems have actually applied a long time in countries such as Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and the United States (Koshino, 1993). Development of organic agriculture in these countries made progress due to the fact that agricultural products, especially fresh fruit and vegetables grown with organic farming systems (organic farming system) has the flavor, color, aroma and texture better than those using inorganic agriculture ( Prihandarini Park in 1993, 1997). During this form of organic waste remaining plants (straw, tebon, and the remainder other crops) are not restored to the land but it's recommended to burn (so practical) so there trimming ecosystem nutrient cycling in agriculture. Material remaining crops or other organic wastes should be used or returned back to the farm so that we can farm that produces sustainable sustainable agricultural systems can be realized. ORGANIC CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES Cultivation techniques are part of the agri-business activities should be oriented to market demand. Agribusiness paradigm: rather than How to market products, but How to produce marketable products. Related to that, the cultivation technique must have a competitive advantage and superior technology. Organic cultivation can not be managed at random, but must be professional. This means that business managers should know exactly what he was doing, able to read situations and conditions as well as innovative and creative. Related to the market (market), agri-business course should be done with good planning and continued, so that the product has been known to control the market and regulate brokers and even consumers and not vice versa. Organic farming techniques is a safe farming techniques, sustainable and prosperous farmers and consumers. Various vegetables, especially for the high plains, which are usually cultivated with organic farming systems, including: Cabbage (Brassica oleraceae var. Capitata L.), broccoli (Brassica oleraceae var. Italica Plenk.), Cauliflower (Brassica oleraceae var. Brotritys.) , endive (Chicorium endive), lettuce (Lactuca sativa), potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), carrot. (Daucus carota). These vegetables, vitamins and fiber in addition to a high enough also contains antioxidants that are believed to inhibit cancer cells. All of these crops grown continuously every week, but there are also several types of plants such as red bean (Vigna sp.), Peanut pig (Ficia faba), mustard (Brassica sp) are planted at a particular time and used as green manure and switching pests. There are also other crops which are planted to crops reppelent (repellent) for Fennel smells like. In an effort to provide a fertile growing medium, the use of chemical fertilizers is also reduced gradually. To enrich the soil, each planting broccoli always given chicken manure at a dose of 20 tonnes / ha. Former land plants selanjutmya rotated with broccoli carrot plants in the planting does not need to have manure. Later after the plants harvested carrots or 100 days later, the land can be planted broccoli again. Organic Fertilizer Improving the quality of intensification during the last three decades, has given birth to farmers who have a dependence on fertilizer production causing saturation in the areas of rice intensification. This situation besides causing waste also caused many negative impacts, especially environmental pollution. Therefore necessary improvements so that the use of fertilizer can be done as efficiently as possible and environmentally friendly. The existence of saturation due to the use of fertilizer production in excess doses, besides causing waste will also lead to various negative impacts, especially pollution of groundwater and the environment, especially those concerning the element soluble fertilizers such as nitrogen (N) and potassium (K). In addition, provision of excess nitrogen in addition to lowering the efficiency of other fertilizers, can also give a negative impact, including improving pest and disease problems due to unbalanced nutrition. Therefore, the necessary improvements to overcome these problems, so the rules of the use of resources in an efficient and secure environment can be applied. Fertilizer use efficiency today is a must, because the chemical fertilizer industry, amounting to six fruits have been operating at full capacity, while the expansion plans since 1994 until now not yet implemented. On the other hand, demand for chemical fertilizers in the country from year to year increase, estimated a few years Indonesia had to import more and more chemical fertilizers. Efforts to increase efficiency has received strong support from the biotechnology research group found success thanks to the organic fertilizer can increase the efficiency of the use of chemical fertilizers. The development of organic fertilizer industry has bright prospects and offers several advantages, both for producers, consumers, and for the national economy. Agricultural development efforts planned and directed the first starting in 1969 Pelita, Indonesia has successfully issued the world's largest rice importer into the country self-sufficient in rice in 1984. But behind the success, the recently emerged phenomenon implies inefficiency in resource use fertilizer. This situation is very burdensome farmers, the more so with the removal of fertilizer subsidy policy and the adjustment of grain prices is not balanced. Several studies concerning the efficiency of the use of fertilizers, especially those conducted by biotechnology research groups in recent years, strongly supports efforts to save the use of chemical fertilizers. Efforts are made through approaches increase the carrying capacity of land and / or increased efficiency of fertilizer products using microorganisms. The use of microorganisms in the organic fertilizer, in addition to improving efficiency of fertilizer use, also will reduce the impact of ground water pollution and the environment arising from excessive use of chemical fertilizers. Organic fertilizer industry now begin to grow and develop, some companies in the field of organic fertilizer enough to appear, among others, such as Perkasa PT Trimitra Buanawahana the cooperation with PT Trihantoro Home with Pemda DKI Jakarta and Bekasi city administration who now will process municipal waste Jawa Jakarta, PT Multi Capital Mandiri Sejati which cooperated with Gapoktan (Combined Farmers Group) and Government of Central Java Brebes waste processing and waste rural town. PT PUSRI besides producing chemical fertilizers, this time with PT Trihantoro Home and Office Cleaning Pemda DKI Jakarta also produce organic fertilizer. Trash and organic waste is processed by using modern technology with the addition of certain nutrients to produce quality organic fertilizer. Beneficial use of organic fertilizers to increase the efficiency of the use of chemical fertilizers, so the dose of fertilizer and the impact of environmental pollution due to the use of chemical fertilizers can be significantly reduced. The ability of organic fertilizer to lower doses of conventional fertilizer use while reducing the cost of fertilizer has been demonstrated by several studies, both for food crops (soybean, rice, corn, and potatoes) and plantation crops (oil palm, rubber, cocoa, tea, and sugar cane) known so far as the main user of conventional fertilizers (chemical fertilizer). Furthermore, its ability to reduce the impact of environmental pollution in line with the proven ability to lower the dose of chemical fertilizer use. Some research in the area Pati, Lampung, Magetan, Banyumas, organic shown to suppress the needs of urea up to 100 percent, to 50 percent TSP/SP36, agricultural lime to 50 percent. Saved costs Rp. 50.000/ha, while soybean production increased between 2.45 to 57.48 percent. Benefits soybean farmers obtained an average increase p. 292.000/ha, consisting of fertilizer cost savings of Rp. 50.000/ha, and increase the production value of Rp. 242.000/ha (Saraswati et al., 1998). Organic fertilizer application in combination with standard doses of half the dose of chemical fertilizers (inorganic) can save fertilizer costs. Field testing of food crops (potatoes, corn, and rice) are also showing encouraging results, since in addition to can save fertilizer costs, also can increase production, especially for 75 percent of the dose of chemical fertilizer (inorganic) plus 25 percent of organic fertilizer (Goenadi et. Al ., 1998). 75 percent on a combination of chemical fertilizers (inorganic) plus 25 percent of the organic fertilizer fertilizer costs can be saved by 20.73 percent for potato crops; 23.01 percent for corn and 17.56 percent for rice. Production increased respectively to 6.94 percent of potatoes, 10.98 percent for corn, and 25.10 percent for rice. The use of organic fertilizer and 25 percent will reduce production costs by 17 to 25 percent of the total production costs. With the diversification of products from organic fertilizers is the industrial development prospects of the future of organic fertilizer will be more profitable so that new jobs will be more extensive. Controlling Pests & Diseases of Organic Organic agriculture can be defined as an agricultural production system which avoids or exclude the use of synthetic compounds for fertilizers, growth substances, and pesticides. Forbids the use of synthetic chemicals in organic farming is one of the causes of low production. On the other hand, farmers have been accustomed to relying on synthetic pesticides as the only way to control nuisance plant organisms (OPT), especially pests and plant diseases. As is known, there are about 10,000 species of insects that have the potential as a pest plant and about 14,000 species of fungi that have the potential to cause diseases of various crops cultivation. The reason farmers choose to synthetic pesticides on their land mengendaliakan al OPT because the application is easy, effective in controlling quarantine pests, and many are available in the market. Other ways of controlling quarantine pests other than synthetic pesticides, biological pesticides and botanical pesticides such as the way of control using natural enemies, use of resistant varieties, physical and mechanical means, and how technical culture. Pesticides can be derived from natural ingredients and can be made from materials. In addition, pesticides can be organic or inorganic materials. In general, it is mentioned that organic farming is an agricultural production system which avoids or reject the use of synthetic pesticides synthetic fertilizers, and synthetic compounds grow.
OPM versus IPM There is also an important term to know is Organic Pest Management (OPM), the management of pests and diseases using organic methods. All this has long been known term Integrated Pest Management or Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The equation between them is how to reduce the population of pests and pathogens at a level that is not detrimental with respect to environmental issues and economic benefits for farmers. However, there was a difference that is still possible synthetic pesticides for use in IPM, although its use be 'when necessary'.
'If necessary' means that the application of pesticides should be done if the ways other controls are not able to cope when OPT OPT is decided must be controlled because it has reached the threshold of harm. If the IPM is still in use synthetic pesticides, the IPM can not be included as part of organic agriculture. However, if synthetic pesticides can be replaced with natural pesticides, which then referred to as organic pesticides, or other control measures of non-pesticide can be applied to the IPM in organic farming.
Ways Non-Pesticide Control of Safe Environment Many control measures other than the use of pesticides OPT that can be used in organic agriculture. One of them is to avoid the OPT during the period of the plant is vulnerable. How to avoid the OPT can be done by adjusting the time of planting, crop rotation, adjust the spacing or by way of planting crops in intercropping. In addition, the use of resistant varieties is an option that is very practical and economical in controlling quarantine pests. However, the use of the same variety in repetitive in a way that monoculture planting in a relatively large area will encourage a race or a new biotipe of the OMO. Physical and mechanical way of controlling quarantine pests can be done with various efforts, including the sanitation or clean the land of the remains of sick plants or pests. In addition, pests can be taken or collected by hand. Pests can also be trapped by chemical compounds called pheromones, or use lights at night. Pests can also be driven out or trapped by other smells like the smell of carrion, the smell of burnt rubber and so on. Use of plastic mulch and soil drying after processing can lower the ground-of-mouth disease. Pests can also be controlled by spraying only water with a certain pressure or collected by using a mechanical vacuum. Controlling the way biology is a big hope for control of OPT in organic agriculture. This way, among others concerning the use of trap crops, the use of repellent plants (plants that do not like), use of natural mulch, use of compost that allows the development of natural enemies in the land, and the use of microbial control agent. <http://www.biotama.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=1> 04/09/09 4:11 pm
Farming Organic Farming By: PassionMagz Currently in the middle of an increasingly modern civilization, the public is becoming more aware of the dangers that arise from the use of chemicals used in agriculture. Masyarat now wiser in choosing food that is safe for health and environmentally friendly. Slogan Back to Nature as a trend, people began choosing a new lifestyle by using materials of chemical-free food or more commonly known as organic farming. Even now requests the world of organic agriculture products has increased rapidly.
Organic agriculture is a cultivation technique that relies on natural ingredients without the use of chemicals synthetic. The main purpose of organic agriculture is to provide products that are safe to eat and good for health (food safety attributes), has a high nutritional content (nutritional attributes) as well as environmentally friendly (eco-labeling attributes). We have seen with the various complaints about various diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, blood vessel constriction, Calcification, and so forth are usually caused by a lifestyle that is not healthy. In sinyalir also because now a lot of food in an additional processing using a variety of chemicals. Cultural farmers using chemical pesticides with excessive frequency and dose has also produced a body of food poisoning consumers. So no one is if more people start switching to organic food. Opportunities of Organic Agriculture in Indonesia
Indonesia as a tropical country, with capital resources which the extraordinary variety of vegetables, fruits and food crops to various flowers can be cultivated throughout the year. Making Indonesia actually has the opportunity and potential for organic farming are large enough to meet the needs of domestic markets and export high economic value. Development of organic agriculture in some countries like America, Australia, Japan and countries in Europe have made progress this is due to that of agricultural products, especially fresh fruit and vegetables grown with organic farming systems (organic farming system) has the flavor, color, aroma and texture better than the use of inorganic farming
Very sorry but at this moment the market of organic agricultural products in the country is relatively small, and confined to the middle upper. Another thing is the mindset and culture of our farmers who have been accustomed to relying on chemical fertilizers and synthetic pesticides. They generally argued that the use of synthetic pesticides because of easy application, many available in the market and effective in controlling pests on cultivated plants.
In the management of organic farming systems did not have to worry about excess, there are many ways that we can do to overcome the existing obstacles. To control pests and diseases handlers at plants other than the use of pesticides, we can set the time of planting, crop rotation did, set the spacing or by way of planting crops in intercropping. Another way is through the control by biological means. This way, among others concerning the use of trap crops, the use of repellent plants (plants that do not like), use of natural mulch, use of compost that allows the development of natural enemies in the land, and the use of microbial control agent.
Organic farming techniques is a safe farming techniques, sustainable and prosperous farmers and consumers. Indonesia actually has considerable potential to compete in international markets, although gradually. Several prospective commodity that can be developed with organic farming systems in Indonesia, among other food crops, horticulture, plantation, spices and medicinal plants ..
Related to that, the cultivation technique must have a competitive advantage and superior technology. Organic cultivation can not be managed at random, but must be professional. This means that business managers should know exactly what he was doing, able to read situations and conditions as well as innovative and creative. Related to the market (market), agri-business course should be done with good planning and continued, so that the product has been known to control the market and regulate brokers and even consumers and not vice versa.http://passionmagz.com/budidaya-pertanian-organik/2009/07/30 04/09/09 04:06 pm
