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ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
BY
Dr.P.Bhattacharyya
Director, NCOF, Ghaziabad
Additional Commissioner (INM)
DAC, Krishi Bhawan
New Delhi
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
• Holistic production system, harmony with nature, Avoids chemical fertiliser, pesticides etc.
PURPOSE• Good soil, good food, good health, good
environment, good business• Movement from Farmers, NGOs etc.
ORGANIC STATUS
• Global : 24 mha (1.6% Ag. Area) : Nearly 130 countries produce organic product, Australia (10 mha) – lead country
• Indian: 37000-41000 ha (SOEL survey), (0.3% of Ag. Area)
: 2.50 million ha (APEDA) (Including 2.43 mha of forest area with wild herb & medicinal plants
Main ISSUES
• Standard
• Inspection, Certification, Accreditation
• Input
• Market (Export/Domestic)
STANDARD
: Globally 61 standards available
: Important Standard includes – IFOAM, CODEX, EU, Demeter, JAS, Naturland etc.
: National Standard in India under NPOP (2002) (General Principle, Recommendation, Standard, list (permitted/non-permitted)
: Mainly “process” Standard, cover – cultivation, Fertilisation, Pest/Disease management
: recently under review; Efforts for harmony with EU regulation.
CERTIFICATION Agencies in India
• 11 Nos.
• Ecocert (G) (Aurangabad), Skal (N) (Bangalore), IMO (S) (Bangalore), SGS (S) (Gurgaon), Naturland (G) (Gurgaon), Lacon (G) (Cochin), Indocert (S) (Cochin), APOF (Bangalore), ISCOP (Coimbatore), IRFT (Mumbai), Bioinspectra (S) (Cochin)
• Mandatory for export market
ACREDITATION
: Earlier 6 agencies: APEDA, Spice Board, Coffee Board, Coconut Board, Tea Board, Cashew nut Board
: Now one body : National Accreditation Board (APEDA, other Commodity Board and Ministry of Agriculture)
Limitation: i) Inspection performance not always good
ii) Certification cost is high
Organic InputAvailability
i) Live stock = 2.47 million ton
ii) Crop residues = 2.00 million ton
iii) Biogas slurry = 0.12 million ton
iv) Biofertiliser = 0.20 million ton
v) Green manure = 0.10 million ton
vi) City refuse = 0.68 million ton
vii) Others = 1.00 million ton
(Rural compost, Vermicompost, = 6.57 million ton
Ag. Waste)
Total = 7.0 million ton
Biopesticide = 1000 ton
Constraint: (a) No regulatory mechanism
(b) Response always not satisfactory.
Global Market (Export)
Current market =26 BN US$
Annual Growth =15-20%
USA =11-13 BN US $
Japan =350-450 MN US $
Europe =10-11 BN US $
India• 31 organic products currently
exported• No. of exporters = 69• Organic value (2003) estimated
= US $ 15.5 million
(710 million Indian Rupees)
Market Organic (Export) 2004
Kerala = 1232 Metric ton
West Bengal = 937 Metric ton
Karnataka = 476 Metric ton
Tamil Nadu = 471 Metric ton
Punjab = 541 Metric ton
Himachal Pradesh = 521 Metric ton
Maharashtra = 375 Metric ton
India Total = 6472 Metric ton
Export Product
Basmati rice, cotton, Mangopulp, Cashew nut, Sesame, Piniapple pulp, Honey, Walnut, spices, coffee, Tea, Peanut canned.
APEDA,
Future Export Demand
2003-04 15050 ton
2004-05 16930 ton
2005-06 19080 ton
2006-07 21523 ton
Exported to:
Europe: Netherland, UK, Germany, Belgium, Sweeden, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain
America: USA, Canada
Middle East: Saudi Arabia, UAE
Asia: Japan, Singapore
(Source Org. Marg = 2002)
[In 2002, from a total food production over 200 million ton, India produced only 14000 ton of organic food produces]
EAT ORGANIC LIVE ORGANICDREAM ORGANIC