NATURAL ORGANIC and

BIOLOGICAL FARMING
NATURAL FARMING
WithORGANIC & BIOLOGICAL
TECHNOLOGY

NATURAL ORGANIC and

BIOLOGICAL FARMING

Natural Organic and Biological

Farming is now possible with
practical technology, we can teach
farmers.
We do not need to depend entirely
on synthetic toxic agro-chemicals.
There is a growing market demand
world wide for organically grown
food crops as fruits and vegetables.

INTRODUCTION

We can grow healthful food

with NATURAL ORGANIC AND
BIOLOGICAL FARMING systems.
The knowledge and simple but
practical technology, can protect
your crops and help you earn
more from your garden and
farm. Lets return to Natural
Farming and Sustainable
Agriculture.

NATURAL FARMING is a culture

where plants are grown very close
to 100% natural environment with
least human intervention.
It can remedy the degradation of
our soil, environment, ecosystem
and life or bio diversity.
Nature has abundant beneficial
insects, microorganism and herbs
we can use to grow crops.

THE NATURAL LAWS

Natural laws are those that govern all of

creation, the environment, plants,
animals, the land, waters, weather,
climate and the cycle of life and matter.

Farmers have to learn the interplay of

these natural laws with the nature, habit
and characteristic of the crops they grow.
This is SUSTAINABLE FARMING.

COMPONENTS of
NATURAL FARMING

Organic Pesticides and Repellant

Organic Fungicide
Organic Compost Fertilizer
Organic Foliar Fertilizer
Biological Pest Control
Use

of beneficial fungus
Use of beneficial bacteria
Use of insect parasite and predators

NATURAL FARMING SYSTEMS

AND PRACTICES

Zero cultivation and following

IPM (Integrated Pest Management)
Bio pest control - natural enemies.
Use of organic compost fertilizer.
Use organic liquid foliar fertilizer.
Planting resistant and tolerant crops
Crop rotation, and Inter cropping
Following - resting the soil.

SUSTAINABLE FARMING

Inter cropping pest repellant plants.

Integrated cropping pattern.
Growing right crop on the right soil,
climate, time and place or region.
Use of soil and seed inoculants.
Growing leguminous cover crops.
Preserve natural forest vegetation for
herbs and bio-diversity.
Bio Chard or charcoal soil

BIOCHARD or CHARCOAL SOIL

Biochar? What is it, and what is it

good for? Biochar is basically
charcoal, the natural kind made from
charring wood or other biomass by
driving off the moisture and volatile
gases, leaving mostly carbon. This
carbon does 2 main things: it greatly
aids soils for plant nutrition, and it
holds (sequesters) carbon, creating a
negative carbon footprint.

ORGANIC FARMING

Organic farming is a form of

agriculture which avoids or largely
excludes the use of synthetic
fertilizers and pesticides, plant
growth regulators, and livestock feed
additives.
It rely more on the use of crop
residue extracts and animal waste,
microbial decomposition to supply the
needed plant nutrients and biological
protection against pest and disease.

CROP TOTATION

As much as possible, organic farmers

rely on crop rotation, crop residues,
animal manures composting and
mechanical cultivation to maintain soil
productivity and tilt (soil texture) to
supply plant nutrients, and to control
weeds, insects and other pests and
diseases (pathogens).

What is organic farming?

Organic farming refers to

agricultural production systems
used to produce food and fiber.
Organic farming management relies
on developing biological diversity in
the field to disrupt habitat for pest
organisms, and the purposeful
maintenance and replenishment of
soil fertility. Organic farmers are not
allowed to use synthetic pesticides
or fertilizers.

ORGANIC FARM PRODUCTS

All kinds of agricultural products are

produced organically, including produce,
grains, meat, dairy, eggs, fibers such as
fruits, vegetables, grains, root crops,
spices, flowers, ornamentals and
processed food products.
Poultry and livestock raised and feed
with organic feeds in natural
environment.

Essential characteristics of
organic systems include:
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Design and implementation of an

"organic system plan" that
describes the practices used in
producing crops and livestock
products;
A detailed recordkeeping system
that tracks all products from the
field to point of sale; and
Maintenance of buffer zones to
prevent inadvertent contamination
by synthetic farm chemicals from
adjacent conventional fields.

HOW DO ORGANIC FARMING WORK?

Organic farming build healthy soils by

nourishing the living component of the
soil, the microbial inhabitants that
release, transform, and transfer
nutrients. Soil organic matter contributes
to good soil structure and water-holding
capacity.
Introduce vermi-culture composting.
Adopt green manureing.

SOIL MICROBS

Organic farming feed soil biota (Soil

inoculants - microorganism) and
build soil structure and waterholding capacity. Organic farmers
build soil organic matter with cover
crops, compost, and biologically
based soil amendments.

These produce healthy plants that are

better able to resist disease and insect
predation.
Organic farmers' primary strategy in
controlling pests and diseases is
prevention through good plant nutrition
and management.

COVER CROPS

Organic farmers use cover crops

and sophisticated crop rotations to
manage the field ecology, effectively
disrupting habitat for weeds,
insects, and disease organisms.
Weeds are controlled through crop
rotation, mechanical tillage, and
hand-weeding, as well as through
cover crops, mulches, and other
management methods.

Organic farming rely on a diverse

population of soil organisms, beneficial
insects, and birds to keep pests in check.
When pest populations get out of
balance, growers implement a variety of
strategies such as the use of insect
predators, mating disruption, traps and
barriers.

ORGANIC PROGRAM RULES

Under the National Organic Program

Rule, growers are required to use
sanitation and cultural practices first
before they can resort to applying a
material to control a weed, pest or
disease problem. Use of these
materials in organic production is
regulated, strictly monitored, and
documented. As a last resort,
certain botanical or other nonsynthetic pesticides may be applied.

Natural Farming Practices

Zero cultivation and following,

(Rest and rejuvenate the soil).
Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
Insect traps, lure and attractants.
Use of Biological pest control
(natural enemies of pest)
Use of Organic Compost fertilizer
and bio micro inoculants.
Use of Organic Pest and Disease
control materials (HOCHerbal
Organic Concentrate)

REVIEW

Use of indigenous resistant plant

varieties and strain.
Practice crop rotation and following
(resting the soil for some time).
Growing and inter-cropping of pest
repellant and herbal plants.
Integrated cropping pattern to
prevent growth of toxic weeds.
Growing the right crop on the right
soil, climate and at the right time

BIOLOGICAL FARMING

The objectives of Biological

Farming as part of Natural
Farming is to produce food crops
without the use and traces of
toxic synthetic chemical
product.
In this case, we will be using
living organisms from the
microscopic beneficial fungus
and bacteria to insects and
animals and other life forms.

MATERIALS USED IN NATURAL

FARMING SYSTEMS: Review
Organic pesticides and repellants.
Organic fungicides and antibiotics.
Organic compost fertilizers w/ BMO.
Organic Foliar Fertilizer w/ BMO.
Biological Pest Control agents:
1. Beneficial fungus, bacteria & yeast.
2. Use of parasites and predators.
3. Birds, animals feeding on pests.

HOC Herbal Organic Concentrate

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We have very good news. We developed

a new organic product that can replace
many Agro Chemicals used in
conventional farming. It is HOC-4n1,
with four properties:
Foliar Fertilizer with trace elements
Pest Repellant
Insecticide
Fungicide
With BMO (Beneficial Microorganism)

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL

There are many beneficial insects,

birds; animals that help suppress the
population of insect pest. Providing
them home and habitat within your
farm will greatly lessen incidents of
serious infestation.
Bacteria, yeast and fungus (BYM)
Pro-biotic that fight bad bacteria and
fungus; and damage the egg as well
as adult insect pests can be very
helpful at low cost while renewable as
they live and grow.

NATURAL HABITAT

We encourage green belting and

preserving a natural forest within
your farm to host and preserve wild
animals, birds, insects and beneficial
microorganisms.

Beneficial herbal plants will also grow

and become source of pest control
materials

HOW BIOCONTROL WORKS

The method of biological control or

biocontrol makes use of natural
agents such as friendly beneficial
insects in controlling pests. The
natural agents control the pest
through:
*PREDATION Killing & Eating
*PARASITIZATION - Feeding
*INFECTION -Disease

The biological agents

Predators such as ladybird beetle,

spiders, dragonflies and mites.

Parasites such as Trichogramma,

Braconids

Pathogens such as bacteria and

fungi which cause diseases to pest.

Advantages of biologicals

Safe to man, animals, fishes and

birds.
Safe to the environment with very
high level (88-94%) of control
Require less labor than the chemical
control.
Requires minimal expenses. Cheap
compared to chemicals.

Disadvantages of Biologicals:

Very hard to rear commercially. It will need

laboratory facilities secure, sanitized and
away from other biological rearing facility.
It will need constant attention and monitoring
by expert workers.
Due to complex parasites that will attack the
host and feed competitors during rearing and
field placement.
Will need correct timing in rearing and field
release that farmers should well understand
and follow right application procedures.

SOME ENENIES OF INSECT PESTS

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Trichogramma
Braconid
Pirate bug
Spiders
Praying Manthis
Birds
Frogs etc.

BIO - IPM

IPM is a kind of management using

different strategies and techniques such
as cultural, biological and chemical in
controlling insect pests and diseases in
agricultural crops.
Know the season when insect breeds like
Corn Borer in Mid May - July start of the
rainy season. Aug.- Sept has less pest.

Three (3) kinds of insect control:

Cultural: Land preparation,

cultivation, cropping pattern,
irrigation and drainage, pruning and
thinning, sanitation, etc.
Biologolical : Using predators,
parasites and pathogens.
Chemical: The use of chemical or
organic biological preparations as
insecticides or insect repellant.

Basic biological control procedure:

Introduction of potential natural
enemies.

Augmentation through periodic

release of natural enemies.

Conservation by maintaining an
alternate food for the natural
enemies while the pest
population is low.

Basic biological control procedure:

Biological control agents:

Predators such as ants, ladybird

beetle, lace wings, spider, preying
mantis, hover flies, birds, frogs, etc.
Pathogens such as Bacteria and
fungus like mf, bt, npv, etc.
Parasites like Trichogramma and
Braconids.

Different kinds of Pesticides:

Insecticides for insect pests.

Fungicide for fungus or mold.
Bactericide for bacteria.
Nematocide for nematodes.
Herbicide for weeds or herbs.
Rodenticide for rodents or rats.
Acaricide for trips and mites.

MICRO-BIOLOGICAL FARMING

Bacteria, yeast and molds (BYM)

are now being introduced in
Agriculture to help farmers
grow crops with lesser or no
dependence on toxic synthetic
chemicals.
Some of the products now
available in the market for
mango culture and other crops
are: EM, BMO, HOC, etc.

MYCOMET
(Metharizium anisopliae)
M.a. is a pure culture of beneficial soil
inhabiting fungus that is used for the
biological control of more than 300
species of insects and anthropods. It is
used in controlling aphids, beetles, leaf
miner, fruit borers, earworm, crickets,
diamond back moth, worms, hoppers,
locust, nematodes, black bug, housefly,
spittle bug, white grub weevil,
wireworm, thrips, ticks, termites,
cockroaches, whiteflies and other insect
pests.

MYCOBO (Beuvaria bassiana)

Discovered by Balsamo
Vuillemin, is a pure culture of
beneficial fungus that is used
as a biological control agent to
parasitize insects. This is used
in controlling more than 200
species of insects. Among them
are ants, aphids, diamond back
moth, cockroaches, mealybugs,
psyllids, thrips, whitefly, and
termites.

SEED and SOIL INOCULATS

Several bacteria, fungus and other

beneficial microorganisms have now
been developed and marketed for
easy farmers use as seed and soil
inoculants to increase soil fertility
and help in the general vigor and
productivity of plants. Example:
Bio-N (Nitrogen fixing bacteria),
MICOVAM (Mychorriza)

SUMMARY IN BRIEF

We have to learn the laws of nature

in the Land the Sea and the Sky.
We should understand the interplay
in Nature and the environment of
plants, animals with the matter.
We are in a continuing process of
learning the intricate mysteries of
nature.

CONCLUSION

We can now grow our crops, following the

natural law and adopt Natural Organic
and Biological Farming Systems that are
self sustaining, production cost reduction,
and healthful organic food crops that are
very much in demand in the domestic and
export market today.
We can grow healthful crops. at lower
cost.

THANK YOU

Prepared By:

REX A. RIVERA
Agronomist
30 Lapu Lapu St. General Santos City
Email: rarivera8@yahoo.com
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