Quality oriented agriculture through organic farming in India

Rana, S. and Pippal, R. and Rana, P. (2016) Quality oriented agriculture through organic farming in India. Life Sciences International Research Journal, 3. pp. 20-25.

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the present status and prospects of organic farming in India. India is endowed with various types of naturally available organic form of nutrients in different parts of the country and it will help for organic cultivation of crops substantially. India’s total area under organic certification is 4.72 million hectare in 2013-14 and its global rank is 10th. The CGR of cultivation of organic area of India is 11.52% of which wild collection is 12.57% and remaining area is 7.45% during 2005-2013. Theco-efficient of variation is approx 0.5% during same period. Compound growth rate of export quantity of organic products of India is 51.50% and export value is 11.75% during 2002-03 to 2013-14. Among all the states in India, Uttar Pradesh has highest area under organic farming followed by Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in 2011-12. The prices of organic products are higher than the non-organic products in domestic markets. India exports around 135 organic products of which the share of oil crops in total organic export quantity was (26.74%) followed by cotton (24.48%) basmati rice (11.81%) in 2013-14. India is exporting organic products to all the continents of the world of which the largest share goes to EU (44.12%), followed by USA (19.2%). An attempt is made to analyze the importance of organic farming, principle of organic farming, Marketing and export of organically produced products in India.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Exports, Marketing, Organic Farming, Production.
Subjects: Plant Production
Divisions: UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User: Mr T L Gautham
Date Deposited: 22 Mar 2018 04:00
Last Modified: 22 Mar 2018 04:00
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15354

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