Cotton

Cotton, the most important fibre crop of India plays a dominant role in its agrarian and industrial economy. It is the backbone of our textile industry, accounting for 70% of total fibre consumption in textile sector, and 38% of the country's export, fetching in billions of money. Area under cotton cultivation in India (9+ million ha) is the highest in the world, i.e., 25% of the world area and employs over seven million people for their living. Organic Cotton farming was a boon to the farmers who got to use natural methods for everything from creating pest-resistant seeds to amending the soil with nutrients. It has helped some villages become completely self-sustainable. Nothing gets wasted, not even oxen dung - it's put in a biogas chamber, which turns it into methane gas that provides power to the whole community. Oxen urine also has a use. It is applied to the seeds, along with bacteria cultures, to make them pest-resistant though Ninety-seven percent of insects in the fields are beneficial, So by killin all the insects, the farmers were also killing beneficial insects. But it's the earthworms these farming families cultivate that may have the most significant impact on soil quality. One earthworm eats about 3 grams of soil every day, and it gives 3 grams of manure, On an average day, they get about 120 kilograms of manure free.