Humanity has become aware of the damage it has caused to the living and non-living environment it lives in, including its own living space, with the agricultural activities it has been carrying out until today. For this purpose, new agricultural approaches that are compatible with nature, use resources correctly, aim for sustainable development, and consider animal welfare have begun to spread all over the world. While some of these approaches remain only as concepts, some other approaches have begun to take a prominent place in our lives.
Some agricultural concepts put forward in different parts of the world are given below; Alternative AgricultureBiological AgricultureBiodynamic AgricultureNatural AgricultureLow Input AgricultureEcological AgricultureIntegrated Agriculture SystemGood Agricultural PracticesOrganic Agriculture
Organic-Ecological-Biological Agriculture has become more important in recent years due to problems such as the status of natural resources, energy problems, population growth, migration, urbanization problems, problems in agricultural areas, healthy and sufficient food production problems, environmental pollution and disruption of the natural balance.
Although organic agriculture is defined with various expressions in different sources, Organic-Biological-Ecological Agriculture means the same thing. Different definitions of organic agriculture are given below; Organic agriculture (Ecological agriculture or Biological agriculture); It is an agricultural system that prohibits applications such as agricultural drugs, artificial fertilizers, hormones, antibiotics and harmful food additives, is controlled at every stage from production to consumption, and ensures the production of healthy agricultural products by using natural resources in the best way. Organic agriculture (Ecological agriculture or Biological agriculture); It is a production system that aims to protect the ecological balance, to produce or supply all kinds of plant, animal and aquatic products in accordance with organic agricultural methods, to collect products from forests and natural areas in accordance with organic agricultural principles, to process, package, label, store, transport, market, control, certification and audit these products, to accept the use of modern agricultural production techniques that do not harm the environment and human health, and to be registered and certified at every stage. Organic agriculture (Ecological agriculture or Biological agriculture); is an agricultural production system that aims for economic and social sustainability, based on soil fertility, environmental protection and food safety. In the light of all these statements, Organic-Ecological-Biological Agriculture; is a certified production method that is controlled and recorded at every stage from production to consumption, based on sustainable productivity, without using artificial external inputs such as chemical fertilizers and pesticides, without harming the environment and human health, based on soil fertility and food safety.