Eco farming is also known as ________.

Correct option is D

The correct answer is (D) organic farming

Explanation:
• Eco farming (ecological farming) is synonymous with organic farming. It represents an agricultural system that uses ecologically based pest controls and biological fertilizers derived largely from animal and plant wastes.
• It strictly avoids or minimizes the application of synthetic chemical fertilizers, chemical pesticides, plant growth regulators, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
• This production system relies fundamentally upon crop rotations, crop residues, animal manures, off-farm organic wastes, and mechanical cultivation to maintain soil productivity and supply plant nutrients.

Information Booster:
• Sikkim achieved a historic milestone by becoming the world's first 100% organic state, eliminating the chemical input system completely to safeguard environmental health and biodiversity.

Additional Knowledge:
• Dry farming (Option A): An agricultural technique for cultivating lands which receive minimal annual rainfall, utilizing specialized moisture conservation methods.
• Contract farming (Option B): An agricultural production system carried out based on a pre-harvest agreement between buyers/agro-processing firms and agricultural producers.
• Jhoom farming (Option C): An indigenous form of slash-and-burn shifting cultivation traditionally practiced in the hilly northeastern states of India.