ORGANIC AGRICULTURE BY Dr.P.Bhattacharyya Director, NCOF, Ghaziabad Additional Commissioner (INM) DAC, Krishi Bhawan New Delhi
Jan 19, 2015
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]
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