Rohitashwa Gakhar, Head of Projects International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture.

Rohitashwa Gakhar, Head of ProjectsInternational Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture

ORGANIC WORLD – 37.2 + 34.1 mn ha

ORGANIC SPREAD – 37.2 mn ha

1. Farmers with “Sustainability Concerns”

2. Progressive and ‘Market Oriented’

Organic Farmers

INDIA – ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

Relevance - About 74% farmers of India are small and marginal farmers - to help reduce costs and to increase incomes.

ORGANIC AGRICULTURE: INTERVENTION AREAS

Value-additionw.r.t. Ecology &

Environment

Development of Organic Package

of Practices

Organic Markets & Effective

Supply Chains

Creation of Replicable

Success Models

Eco-friendlySustainable Farming

Soil Carbon

Soil Microbes

Indicators

ORGANIC INDIA – 1.2 mn ha

ORGANIC MARKET - GLOBAL

Currently Global Organic trade is USD 60 bn….

Will reach USD 100 bn by 2015 (Rs. 5,00,000 crores)

ORGANIC MARKET - INDIA

Currently India’s Organic trade is Rs. 2500 croreExportsFood products Rs. 840 crores, Organic cotton – Rs. 1025 crores, Domestic markets – Rs. 600 crores

………By 2015, India’s total Organic trade will more than double to reach Rs. 6000 crores (over USD 1 bn)

HUGE POTENTIAL – STILL LEAVES US AT 1% OF GLOBAL TRADE

ORGANIC EXPORTS - INDIA

GROWTH 25 -30%

INDIA – ORGANIC RETAIL

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INDIA - DEVELOPMENTS

• APEDA, Ministry of Commerce –– National Program on Organic Production (NPOP), Govt of

India, since 2001National Standards: NSOP- Acquired status of equivalence with EU and NOP standards.

– Stringent accreditation norms and strict monitoring– Strong traceability - Tracenet

• Min of Agriculture – promotional schemes – Small farmers

• 15 states formulated/ formulating its own Organic farming Policies, since 2004

INDIA – STATE POLICIES1. Profitability of small farmers will have increased by reducing input costs.

State benefited by savings on fertilizers

2. Organic agribusiness – An attractive opportunity for educated youth of the state-• Creates a variety of job opportunities in the organic agribusiness sector, (e.g. post

harvest handling, marketing of the products).

3. Develop Bio Villages, Organic Villages for agro tourism, as part of the tourism development strategy of the state. The strategy will help convert organics into services with high value addition.

4. Strong institutional capacities and human resources in the state to implement appropriate organic strategies Boards/ State owned CB’s

A Service Provider to the Organic Agriculture Sector

Owned and managed by the stakeholders (society)

Projects and mandates from private sector and govt.

Collaboration with existing institutions

ICCOA Mandate

Legends

CIH Training

NCOF Training

Intl. Seminar s

Farmers Cluster (FC)

ICCOA sub-offices

ICCOA HO

ICCOA

ORGANIC LEADERSHIP COURSE

BIOVILLAGE PROJECT

EVENTS & CAPACITY BLDG PROGRAMS

Research Project