What is the fundamental difference between organic agriculture and traditional agriculture?

Organic agriculture includes all agricultural production systems that can promote the healthy development of environment, society and economy. These systems regard soil fertility in the field of cosmetics as the key to successful production. By respecting the natural abilities of plants, animals and landscapes, we can achieve the goal of comprehensively improving the quality of agriculture and the environment. Organic agriculture greatly reduces external material input by prohibiting the use of chemically synthesized fertilizers, pesticides and drugs. On the contrary, it uses powerful natural laws to improve agricultural output and disease resistance. Organic agriculture adheres to internationally recognized principles and is implemented according to local socio-economy, geographical climate and cultural background. Therefore, the Organic Agriculture Federation emphasizes and manages the development of local and regional self-help systems. From this definition, we can see that the purpose of organic agriculture is to realize the coordinated development of environmental benefits, social benefits and economic benefits. Organic agriculture attaches great importance to the quality of local soil, the circulation of nutrients in the system, and the principle of observing natural laws and adapting to local conditions in agricultural production.

Traditional agriculture is under the condition of natural economy. It adopts manual labor methods such as manpower, animal power, hand tools and ironware, develops by the traditional experience accumulated from generation to generation, and takes the self-sufficient natural economy as the leading position. This is an agriculture that adopts farming methods and agricultural techniques left over from history. The basic features are: metal farm tools and wooden farm tools have replaced the original stone tools, and iron plows, hoes, iron harrows, hoes, windmills, waterwheels and stone mills have been widely used; Animal power becomes the main driving force of production; A set of agricultural technical measures such as cultivating improved varieties, fertilizing, building water conservancy projects, preventing and controlling pests and diseases, improving soil, reforming farm tools, utilizing energy and implementing crop rotation system have gradually taken shape. Traditional agriculture in Europe began in the slave society of ancient Greece and Rome (about 5th century BC-6th century BC), and gradually transformed into modern agriculture in the early 20th century. Chinese traditional agriculture lasted for a long time, and a set of traditional agricultural techniques characterized by intensive cultivation gradually formed around the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties. In the process of its development, although the production tools and production technology have been greatly improved and improved, its main characteristics have not changed fundamentally. The essence of Chinese traditional agricultural technology has had a positive impact on the development of world agriculture. It is of great significance to attach importance to, inherit and carry forward traditional agricultural technology and reasonably combine it with modern agricultural technology for accelerating the development of agricultural production and building agricultural modernization.