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

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry

National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) certification by APEDA 2001. (70% of India’s organic area under NPOP certification).

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

I. National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA): 2014-15

a) Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) 2015– Participatory Guarantee System of Certification for India (PGS). 21.5% of India’s organic area under PGS.

b) Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region (MOVCDNER) -2015. Organic certification in NE States. Related Institutions and Schemes: NCOF, National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF).

II. Organic Farming Policy-2015

III. RKVY, Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)

IV. Participatory Guarantee System of Certification for India (PGS- India) – 2015-16.

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.