Q.Write the key features of organic farming.

Step 1. Organic farming is a technique of cultivating plants and rearing animals in natural ways, using biological materials and avoiding synthetic substances, in order to maintain soil fertility and ecological balance while minimising pollution and wastage.

Step 2. One key feature is protecting soil quality using organic materials and encouraging biological activity in the soil, rather than relying on synthetic soil amendments.

Step 3. A second feature is the indirect provision of crop nutrients through soil microorganisms (such as biofertiliser bacteria and fungi) instead of chemical fertilisers, along with nitrogen fixation in soils achieved by growing legumes. …

List each of the four features named in the chapter's 'Key features …

• Giving a generic definition of organic farming without listing its specific stated features. …