Comparative analysis of soil toxicity and microbial content in organic vs conventional farming fields

After attaining self sufficiency in food grain production with the help of advancement in agriculture, in recent time awareness has increased regarding ill-effects of this advancement. Organic farming is seen as a practice to get rid of chemicals that evolved during green revoluion in the name of fertilizers and pesticides. A comparative analysis of parameters like heavy metal, phenol and microbial content of soil samples collected for conventional farming from farmer field of Kharad village and for organic farming from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU) research farm in Hisar district Haryana, India was done. The results proved that Organic farming substantially reduces toxicity of heavy metals and keep the concentration of heavy metals in check. Also overall population of microbes is very well sustained in organic farming not only in numbers term but also in diversity. So it can be suggested from the study that organic farming practice is a sustainable way to preserve healthy soil environment.