Lok Sabha Question No. 1771 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas, Chandra Prakash Joshi

O.I.H.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1771

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  2 ND  JULY, 2019

## ORGANIC FARMING

1771.  SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS: SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the present status of organic farming in the country;
- (b) whether any steps have been taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to make the pattern of this traditional farming economical and profitable;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  training  workshops  are  being  organised  by  the  Government  to  create awareness  about  technique  and  benefits  of  organic  farming  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (e) the number of such workshops organised by the Government in the country including Rajasthan and Maharashtra during the last three years and the current year along with the number of farmers participated in these workshops?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): The  area  covered  under  the  two  dedicated  schemes  of  Department  of  Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) i.e., Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) is 5.8 lakh hectares and 63,850 hectares respectively. An area of 19.3 lakh hectares has been covered under 3 rd party certification of Agriculture Processed Food and Export Development Authority (APEDA).

(b) & (c): Government of India has been promoting organic farming in the States through dedicated schemes namely MOVCDNER and PKVY since 2015-16. Both the schemes aim at 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.

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 Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Third party  certification  of  organic  farming  is  promoted  by  Agriculture  Processed  Food  and Export Development Authority (APEDA), Ministry of Commerce.

(d) & (e): The Department has been focusing on creating awareness and educating the farmers about organic farming practices in the areas where clusters are formed. There is a provision  of  Rs.  80,000  per  cluster under  PKVY for  the  mobilization  of  farmers  which  has been  allocated  for  10,000  clusters  of  Phase  I.  The  National  Centre  of  Organic  Farming (NCOF), Ghaziabad, a subordinate office of Department of Agriculture Cooperation (DAC&FW)  undertakes  extension  and  publicity  activities  through  the  print  and  electronic media. It organizes 30 days certificate course on organic farming, 10 days refresher course for  analysts  under  the  Fertilizer  Control  Order  (FCO),  etc.  Farmers'  Training  and  Field Demonstration  (FTFD)  programmes  have  been  conducted  since  2015-16  under  'Sansad Adarsh  Gram  Yojana'  (SAGY).  The  total  number  of  farmers/  persons  benefitted  through training, campaign etc. is 56344. The details are given at Annexure I.

The  number  of  capacity  building  trainings  conducted  for  the  farmers  in  each  state including State of Rajasthan and Maharashtra under PKVY scheme is given at Annexure II .

Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)-  Indian  Institute  of  Farming  Systems Research, Modipuram under the research scheme on All India Network Program on Organic Farming  (AI-NPOF)  has  developed  51  cropping  systems  and  conducted  workshops  in Rajasthan. The details are given at Annexure-III .

## Annexure- I

## Details of Training/Campaign organized by National Centre of Organic Farming (NCOF).

| Sl. No.   | Item/Components                  | Year    | Target   | Achievements   | Persons benefitted   |
|-----------|----------------------------------|---------|----------|----------------|----------------------|
| 1         | 30 Days training programme       | 2013-14 | 3        | 3              | 92                   |
| 1         | 30 Days training programme       | 2014-15 | 3        | 3              | 90                   |
| 1         | 30 Days training programme       | 2015-16 | 3        | 3              | 81                   |
| 1         | 30 Days training programme       | 2016-17 | 3        | 3              | 90                   |
| 1         | 30 Days training programme       | 2017-18 | 3        | 3              | 90                   |
| 1         | 30 Days training programme       | 2018-19 | 10       | 04             | 120                  |
| 2         | Farmers' Training and Field demo | 2015-16 | 300      | 298            | 18051                |
| 2         | Farmers' Training and Field demo | 2016-17 | 296      | 294            | 16580                |
| 2         | Farmers' Training and Field demo | 2017-18 | 110      | 110            | 5744                 |
| 2         | Farmers' Training and Field demo | 2018-19 | 100      | 59             | 3543                 |
| 3         | Jaivik Krishi Sammelan           | 2016-17 | 11       | 11             | 6481                 |
| 3         | Jaivik Krishi Sammelan           | 2017-18 | 14       | 14             | 9005                 |
| 3         | Jaivik Krishi Sammelan           | 2018-19 | 14       | 03             | 1503                 |
| 4         | Skill development training       | 2016-17 | 2        | 2              | 40                   |
| 4         | Skill development training       | 2017-18 | -        | -              | -                    |
| 4         | Skill development training       | 2018-19 | 02       | -              | -                    |
|           | Total                            |         |          |                | 60007                |

## Annexure-II

| State-wise details of no. of capacity building/ training conducted under PKVY &   | State-wise details of no. of capacity building/ training conducted under PKVY &   | State-wise details of no. of capacity building/ training conducted under PKVY &   | State-wise details of no. of capacity building/ training conducted under PKVY &    |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                   | Name of the State                                                                 | Total no. of training/awareness/capacity building programs under PKVY Scheme      | Total no. of training/awareness/capacit y building programs under MOVCDNER* Scheme |
| 1                                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                    | 26500                                                                             | -                                                                                  |
| 2                                                                                 | Bihar                                                                             | 2135                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 3                                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                                      | 6000                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 4                                                                                 | Gujarat                                                                           | 500                                                                               | -                                                                                  |
| 5                                                                                 | Goa                                                                               | 2520                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 6                                                                                 | Haryana                                                                           | 100                                                                               | -                                                                                  |
| 7                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                         | 1250                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 8                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                         | 2725                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                            | 3095                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                                    | 19140                                                                             | -                                                                                  |
| 11                                                                                | Maharashtra                                                                       | 354                                                                               | -                                                                                  |
| 12                                                                                | Odisha                                                                            | 5200                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 13                                                                                | Punjab                                                                            | 1250                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 14                                                                                | Rajasthan                                                                         | 2705                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 15                                                                                | Tamil Nadu                                                                        | 1560                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 16                                                                                | Telangana                                                                         | 3450                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 17                                                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                                                     | 3100                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 18                                                                                | West Bengal                                                                       | 600                                                                               | -                                                                                  |
| 19                                                                                | Assam                                                                             | 1100                                                                              | 220                                                                                |
| 20                                                                                | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                 | 95                                                                                | 240                                                                                |
| 21                                                                                | Mizoram                                                                           | 170                                                                               | 170                                                                                |
| 22                                                                                | Manipur                                                                           | 150                                                                               | 265                                                                                |
| 23                                                                                | Nagaland                                                                          | 120                                                                               | 640                                                                                |
| 24                                                                                | Sikkim                                                                            | 750                                                                               | 400                                                                                |
| 25                                                                                | Tripura                                                                           | 250                                                                               | 80                                                                                 |
| 26                                                                                | Meghalaya                                                                         | 225                                                                               | 35                                                                                 |
| 27                                                                                | Himachal Pradesh                                                                  | 1050                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 28                                                                                | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                    | 140                                                                               | -                                                                                  |
| 29                                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                                       | 22425                                                                             | -                                                                                  |
| 30                                                                                | Andman & Nicobar                                                                  | 340                                                                               | -                                                                                  |
| 31                                                                                | Daman & Diu                                                                       | 275                                                                               | -                                                                                  |
| 32                                                                                | Dadar & Nagar                                                                     | 2500                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 33                                                                                | Delhi                                                                             | 2500                                                                              | -                                                                                  |
| 34                                                                                | Puducherry                                                                        | 40                                                                                | -                                                                                  |
| 35                                                                                | Chandigarh                                                                        | 325                                                                               | -                                                                                  |
| 36                                                                                | Lakshadweep                                                                       | 675                                                                               | -                                                                                  |
| Total 115314                                                                      |                                                                                   |                                                                                   | 2050                                                                               |
| *MOVCDNER Scheme is implemented in North-Eastern States only                      | *MOVCDNER Scheme is implemented in North-Eastern States only                      | *MOVCDNER Scheme is implemented in North-Eastern States only                      | *MOVCDNER Scheme is implemented in North-Eastern States only                       |

Annexure-III

Workshops conducted by ICAR- Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram under the research scheme on All India Network Program on Organic Farming (AI-NPOF)

| Sl. No   | State     | 2016-17                        | 2016-17                | 2017-18                        | 2017-18                | 2018-19                         | 2018-19                | 2019-20                        | 2019-20                |
|----------|-----------|--------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------|
|          |           | Number of trainings/ workshops | Number of participants | Number of trainings/ workshops | Number of participants | Number of trainings/ workshop s | Number of participants | Number of trainings/ workshops | Number of participants |
| 1        | Rajasthan | 2                              | 57                     | 4                              | 248                    | 4                               | 124                    | 1                              | 24                     |

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