Let’s understand what is natural farming and organic farming.

Natural farming : Natural farming is the method of farming in which farming is done with no use of manufactured input or equipment and no use of any pesticides and chemicals.

Organic farming : Organic farming is the method of farming in which farming is done without using any chemicals or pesticides.

Natural farming and organic farming have similar objectives but differ in their approaches and practices.

Following is the difference between Natural farming and organic farming

1. In Natural Farming there is no use of any fertilizers but in organic farming organic fertilizers such as Compost, manure, green manure, worm casting etc. are used.

2. Natural farming method is not expensive whereas organic farming can be expensive.

3. Natural farming can not be use to produce the products ( fruits, vegetables) commercially while organic farming can be done to produce the products commercially.

4.Natural farming can not be done in large scale while organic farming can be done in large scale.

5. Natural farming products does not have any certification while organic farming certification in India is govern by NPOP i.e. National programme for organic products.

6.  Natural farming does not involve practices such as ploughing, tilling using of herbicides, pesticides while in organic farming use of organic herbicides, pesticides, ploughing, tilling is done.

These are some of the differences in Natural farming and organic farming.

(Extra info.-  NPOP i.e. National programme for organic products comes under ministry of Commerce and industry and Sikkim was declared as fully organic state in 2016).