Appendix 1: List of Approved Inputs Used in Organic Production =
Permitted as organic practice and input in organic farming
! = Use with caution as specified in this Appendix
Part 1: Inputs used for fertilizers and soil conditioners. Input
Details/Restriction
Bone meal
!
Molasses
Vegetable seed cake
!
Rice husks
!
Sulphur
!
Gypsum salt (Magnesium Sulphate) Industrial waste
wood ash, rice husk ash
!
Saw dust
!
Vermi-castle
Calcium Chloride
!
Micro organisms
Use only those from natural sources to supply trace elements to plants; Use with care for its high contents of chloride could affect mineral balances in the soil. Allow to use with compost, plants, seeds and soil. Except from GMOs
Dolomite(Magnesium and Calcium Carbonate)
•
!
!
Mushroom Manure
Bio-fertilizer
Micro nutrients
!
Liquid bio-fertilizer
Nitrogen fertilizer
!
Green Manure
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animal or fish bone meal as a source of P and N for soil. • Slightly alkaline. Use in composting green fertilizer as microorganisms’ food. •
Organic waste from oil extraction such as peanut, soybean, neem, custard seed. The seed cake is rich with nitrogen. Best used after composting. Direct soil application could harm crops. Good for mulching. Can be used to improve clay soil but should be mixed with other materials because it is low in nutrients, has poor water retention, and is slow to decompose. Use only those from natural sources and not come from synthetic or chemically treated process Organic matter used in composting but need to report source and shall not come from chemical industrial. Analysis to confirm no contamination with chemicals/prohibited substances should be available. Use to raise soil pH and as a source of potassium and phosphorous. Don’t use with seedling. Use of ash from burning animal manure is prohibited because of loss of organic matter and nutrients. Saw dust from treated wood is not allowed. Mix with soil to improve aeration and water retention but slow to decompose. Should be composed before using.
Use only those from natural sources and not chemicall y treated. Use to adjust soil pH. • If used to correct magnesium deficiencies avoid over application and possible toxicity. Saw dust and other organic matters waste after mushroom production should be composted before use. Organic Matter rich in micro-organisms that help to breakdown nutrients and make them available to plants. Synthetic nutrients such as copper, cobalt, sulphate, selenium, boron, manganese, molybdenum, zinc, iron, iodine. Allow to use when necessary or when there is a clear sign of lack. Nitrate and chloride form are not permitted. Liquid fertilizer from composting organic residue to create natural microorganisms. Apply by spraying or put into the soil Use only those from natural sources, e.g. blood meal, blue-green algae, vegetable meals, and neem cake, green manure, and chicken manure. Use in appropriate amount by consideration of nutrient balance in the soil Such as sesbania, sun hemp, legume crop Page 34 of 50 Approved by ACT SC on 12 February 2011
