A step towards a Green Environment

With the coming of the green revolution and various schemes for the betterment of the farmers in the country and worldwide, various methods have been introduced to the public in the rural sector for good yield of crops and better functioning at individual and group levels. The green revolution has aimed at better production of crops, in both quality and quantity aspects, where yield is available for the increasing population of the country and also the nutritious value of the crops are regularized for providing a better and healthy future for the youth of the country. The use of natural fertilizers has been one of the main thing which has been used for yielding good quality crops. Green manure is one of the main techniques of fertilizing the soil for having good yield of the crops as well as procuring back the soil fertility lost in the past times.

Green manure and it’s properties

Using fresh and dry leaves as compost to increase the quality of the soil has been used by humankind since time immemorial. Green manure can be considered as a way in which the herbs and other green crops are either grown in the same field or used externally for plowing in the field to maintain the 6 F’s of the soil.

• Fertility – Green manure helps in retaining the original fertility of the soil with the nutrients which are provided back to the soil using natural leaves, twigs and other natural products like dried flowers and crushed remains of the crops providing nitrogen and other needs natural chemicals in the soil.

Advantages of Green Manure

Green manure, being one of the best kinds of natural fertilizers and energy providers for natural soil, has numerous advantages over using chemical-based fertilizers for good yield of crops-

1. Enriching the fertility of the soil, and maintaining flora and fauna of the soil, which help in the betterment of the crop production.

2. The concept of green fertilizer in the soil, helps the soil to yield a good quality and quantity of crops.

3. Green Manure is also one advantage of Green Manure

Green manure, being one of the best kinds of natural fertilizers and energy providers for natural soil, has numerous advantages over using chemical-based fertilizers for the good yield of the crops-

1. Enriching the fertility of the soil, and maintaining flora and fauna of the soil, which help in the betterment of the crop production.

2. The concept of green fertilizer thing which helps the soil during bad times, like drought and excess rain as using this method helps in preventing soil erosion by hold the soil together with compost.

4. Green manure has a major influence on the physical and chemical properties of the soil, by retaining the bond of the soil and giving back the chemicals which are taken from soil, in the previous yield.

5. Green manure helps in maintaining the organic matter of the soil, by giving back the organic material which has been taken and utilized in the past.

6. It serves as a way of providing food and energy to the soil microbes and bacteria which help in good yield, as it decomposes rapidly providing proper nutrition to the microbes, who multiply rapidly providing good nutrition to the soil and making it better to be plowed and yield.

7. Green manure makes a canopy over the soil, preventing it from eroding rapidly, and maintaining the temperature of the soil, in harsh weather and rains.

Benefits of green manure to the environment

Green manure is one main thing that helps in the sustainable development in the farming sector and overall development and safety of the environment from the harmful chemicals and pesticides that are being inculcated in the soil during the whole process of cultivation which results in a good yield, but bad health of the consumers as well as the environment in form of soil.

Reduction of chemical intake in the soil helps in increasing the fertility of the soil, as well as balances the ecological system by giving back the benefits and nutrients that have been taken by the soil, in one form or another. Reduction in the chemical intake of the soil also helps in better crops that are rich in nutritious value and give better health benefits to the ultimate consumers.

Green manure also helps in giving the fauna of soil a better environment to grow in helps soil to be more fertile and gives good nutrients to the crops that are being grown in the particular soil.

Green manure also provides a good environment for the soil insects to grow in and food for them, which is broken down by them and mixed in soil for a better yield and cultivation of good crops with high nutrition value also these insects are good for binding the soil together and preventing the soil being eroded due to harsh weather conditions and other things which results in the degradation of the soil in the farmlands.

A last word

Green manure is the future of agriculture and sustainable development, as it is a better way of cultivation along with protecting and nurturing the soil. Providing nutrition is an important thing to nurture Mother Earth and avail the benefits that are being provided to nature by Mother Earth. Sustainable fertilization of the soil is also important to maintain the integrity of the soil in the upcoming years when the major threat of soil pollution is on the rise and might become an issue like water and air pollution in the upcoming decades.

To attain the goal of sustainable development by 2030 we must work on the integrity of the soil by providing better and proper nutrients to the soil and making it a better-fertilized soil to have good yield and nutritious crops for the society and pay back to Mother Nature.