Organic Farming Recent Data For Competitive Exams

In, this post you will get Organic Farming Recent Data which is important for all agriculture competitive exams like IBPS AFO, NABARD, RRBSO & another important agri exam You will get a downloadable pdf at the end of the post

Organic Farming Scenario

• Total area under organic certification in India is 67 million ha (2.299 million ha cultivable area and another 1.37 million hectares for wild harvest collection).
• Total Organic production in India is 75 million tones.

• Total number of organic producers in India is 64 million.

• Madhya Pradesh is the state with largest area under organic certification followed by Rajasthan & Maharashtra

Agriculture Current Affairs 2021 For Competitive Exams

Note: Madhya Pradesh has 0.76 million ha of area under organic cultivation, i.e., over 27% of India’s total area under organic cultivation.

• Sikkim is the India’s First organic state (Declared on Jan 18, 2016); Second organic state is Uttarakhand

• The country with largest area under organic farming is Australia (27.15 Mha)

• India is the country with highest number of organic producers in the world (More than 30 per cent of world’s organic producers are in India)

• India’s rank in terms of organically cultivated area is 9th; First rank in terms of Organic

• World’s first wholly organic country is Bhutan

• Largest exported organic product in India- Soya meal (45.87%) > Oilseeds (13.25%) > Tea and Coffee (9.61%) > Cereals and millets (8.19%) > Spices and condiments (5.20%)

• ICAR organic farming research focus on Rice, Wheat, Cotton (Desi), Maize, Soyabean and Chick pea

• India’s first two Organic Spices Seed Parks are going to be set up in– Gujarat – Organic Spices Seed Park for Saunf (fennel seed) in the Banaskantha district and Jeera (cumin seed) in Patan for promotion of organic seed value chain of the spices.
• South India’s first organic farming university may set up in Shivamogga, Karnataka

• Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) practicing states are–Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Gujarat and

v Bharatiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP): 2020-21

• A Sub-scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) for promotion of indigenous practices including natural
• It emphasizes on-farm biomass recycling (biomass mulching, use of cow dung-urine formulations, periodic soil aeration).
• Under BPKP a financial assistance of 12200/ha for 3years will be provided.

v  Research Institutes Working on Organic farming:

• National Organic Farming Research Institute (NOFRI) – Sikkim
• India’s First Organic Farming University going to be set up in Vadodara, Gujarat

Ø  National Centre for Organic Farming – Ghaziabad, U.P.

• Indian Institute of Farming System Research – Modipuram, P.

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