India exported INR 5150 crore worth of organic farming products in 2018-19

NEW DELHI, 19 December 2019: The quantity of organic product produced during 2018-19 under Participatory Guarantee System-(PGS)-India and National Programme on Organic Production (NPOP) of Agriculture Processed Food and Export Development Authority (APEDA) is given at Annexure I. The total value of organic products exported from India is Rs 5150.99 crore (for 614089.614 MT).

Government of India has been promoting Organic farming in the country through dedicated schemes namely Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission Organic Value Chain Development North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) since 2015-16. Both the schemes aim at the promotion of cluster/ Farmers Producer Organization (FPO) based chemical-free, low input cost sustainable organic farming and support farmers from input procurement to market linkages.

Assistance of Rs 50,000 per hectare/ 3 years is provided, out of which Rs. 31,000 (62%) is directly given to the farmers through DBT for inputs (bio-fertilizers, biopesticides, vermicompost, botanical extracts etc) production/ procurement, post-harvest management etc in PKVY scheme. Farmers adopt low cost Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) of certification for domestic markets.

Assistance of Rs 25000/ ha/ 3 years to farmers is provided for both on-farm & off-farm organic inputs, and seeds/ planting material in MOVCDNER and third-party certified organic farming is encouraged for export of niche crops.

Organic Farming has also been supported under other schemes viz Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), Network Project on Organic Farming under ICAR.  

The major thrust of the Government has shifted from production centric to market-linked production so that farmers can get better returns for their produce including organic produce. To further boost production of organic produce, a dedicated web portal https://jaivikkheti.in/ has also been created to connect farmers involved in organic farming with consumers directly for better prices.

                                                                                                                                                                                     Annexure – I

State-wise organic product produced during the year 2018-19 under PGS-India and NPOP.

                                                                                                                                                                                         (metric tons)   

 

SL. No.	State	Production
		PKVY / PGS- certification in Quintal	NPOP/ third party certification in MT
1	ANDHRA PRADESH	81061.53	11503.328
2	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	24688	590.548
3	ASSAM	614953.5	38475.600
4	BIHAR	462362.38	5.655
5	CHHATTISGARH	1330025	14364.670
6	DAMAN AND DIU	50834.77	-
7	DELHI	1501.25	-
8	GOA	127	2454.552
9	GUJARAT	190025.69	66106.204
10	HARYANA	57718.3	1362.480
11	HIMACHAL PRADESH	268387.84	6958.207
12	JAMMU AND KASHMIR	50324.5	33878.950
13	JHARKHAND	874674	0.990
14	KARNATAKA	1064238.58	370576.984
15	KERALA	133427.54	25434.583
16	MADHYA PRADESH	1916196.85	738885.703
17	MAHARASHTRA	12474318.83	860976.013
18	MANIPUR	74169.85	-
19	MEGHALAYA	26481.05	699.340
20	MIZORAM	33011.7	-
21	ODISHA	337345.97	88948.607
22	PUNJAB	66227.77	744.270
23	RAJASTHAN	125340.75	134612.734
24	TAMIL NADU	884137.27	15739.578
25	TELANGANA	243832.02	2138.287
26	TRIPURA	74253.05	326.023
27	UTTAR PRADESH	2233147.29	142511.574
28	UTTARAKHAND	1235849.1	29601.807
29	WEST BENGAL	158667.27	19872.382
30	Nagaland	-	189.529
31	Pondicherry	-	2.500
32	Sikkim	-	423.811
	Total :	25087328.65	2607384.90

Source: Data provided by the accredited Certification Bodies under NPOP on TraceNet and from PGS-India portal, this includes cereals, Pulses, Fruits etc. 

This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha recently.

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