GS-III: Economy, Environment, S&T
Regenerative agriculture
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Farming systems that restore soil organic carbon, improve soil microbiome health, and reduce external inputs characterise regenerative agriculture. Core techniques include cover cropping, no-till or minimum-till cultivation, agroforestry, and crop rotation. In India, these practices align with the Natural Farming mission and ICAR's soil-health initiatives under the Soil Health Card Scheme and the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA). Collectively they address climate resilience, carbon sequestration, and groundwater recharge. Organic farming certified under NPOP or PGS-India shares a low-chemical-input philosophy with regenerative approaches but is a distinct certification framework.