Lok Sabha Question No. 3741 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Organic Food Festival
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Bidyut Baran Mahato, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Shrirang Appa Barne, Sudheer Gupta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3741

ANSWERED ON 17 TH  MARCH, 2020

## ORGANIC FOOD FESTIVAL

## 3741.  SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI GAJANAN  KIRTIKAR: SHRI SANJAY SADASHIV RAO MANDLIK: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

Will the MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- ( a ) whether  the  National  Institute  of  Food  Technology  Entrepreneurship  and  Management (NIFTEM) has recently organized Food Festival with the Confederation of  Indian Industry (CII);
- ( b ) if so, the details thereof along with the aims and objectives thereof;
- ( c ) whether India ranks 9th in terms of World's Organic Agricultural land and 1st in terms of total number of producers and is fast growing in the organic food segment;
- ( d ) the details of organic products exported by India to different countries during each of the last three years and the current year, country-wise;
- ( e ) the amount of foreign exchange/revenue earned by the Government from the export during the said period; and
- ( f ) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to strengthen organic branding for the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a): Yes, Sir.

(b): National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as the Event  Partner,  under  a  Memorandum  of Understanding (MoU) signed between Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) and the Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development  (MoWCD),  organised  an  event  titled  'National Organic Festival for Women Entrepreneurs' at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi from 21 st -  23 rd

February,  2020.  The  event  included  exhibition  of  organic  produce  to  create  awareness about  organic  food  and  establishing  market  linkages  and  capacity  building  for  the  180  women entrepreneurs  and  SHGs  from  25  States  and  UTs,  who  participated  in  the  event.  600  B2B meetings  were  facilitated  for  improving  the  business  linkages  and  empowering  the  women entrepreneurs.

(c): As  per  information  provided  by  the  Agricultural  and  Processed  Food  Products  Export Development Authority (APEDA), India ranks 9 th  in the area under organic certification. The area under  organic  cultivation  registered  in  TraceNet  for  the  year  2018-19  was  19,38,220  Ha

(including  the  area  under  in  conversion).  There  are  12,89,058  farmers  registered  in  TraceNet during 2019. India ranks 1 st  in terms of number of organic producers.

- (d): As per the information provided by APEDA, a statement showing the details of organic produce exported to different countries during the last three years and the current year is enclosed at Annexure.
- (e): The amount of foreign exchange/revenue earned for export of certified organic products during the last three years and current, as provided by APEDA, is as follows:-
- (f): MoFPI, MoWCD and Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare are taking various steps to strengthen the organic brand for the country including holding of awareness events, organic buyer-seller meets, etc.

| Year    |   Export (Value) Million USD |
|---------|------------------------------|
| 2018-19 |                          757 |
| 2017-18 |                          516 |
| 2016-17 |                          370 |
| 2015-16 |                          298 |

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3741 FOR ANSWER ON 17 TH  MARCH, 2020 REGARDING 'ORGANIC FOOD FESTIVAL'.

| EXPORT   | DETAILS OF ORGANIC      |             |               | 2017-18     | 2017-18       | 2016-17     | 2016-17       | 2015-16     | 2015-16               |
|----------|-------------------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------------|
|          |                         | Volume (MT) | Value (in     | Volume (MT) | Value (in     | Volume (MT) | Value (in     | Volume (MT) | Value (in Cro res Rs) |
|          |                         |             | Crore s Rs)   |             | Crores Rs)    |             | Crores Rs)    |             |                       |
| S.N O.   | Country Name            | Export Qt y | Export V alue | Export Qt y | Export V alue | Export Q ty | Export Va lue | Export Q ty | Export Value          |
| 1        | ARMENIA                 | 0           | 0             | 23.000      | 0.09          | 0.000       | 0.00          | 23.000      | 0.09                  |
| 2        | AUSTRALIA               | 2130.761    | 50.78         | 2690.152    | 41.54         | 1732.227    | 42.43         | 1735.402    | 26.53                 |
| 3        | BAHRAIN                 | 35.104      | 0.40          | 14.569      | 0.16          | 0.600       | 0.04          | 11.618      | 0.14                  |
| 4        | BANGLADESH              | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0.000       | 0.000         | 0.000       | 0.000         | 0.198       | 0.14                  |
| 5        | BOLIVIA                 | 44.000      | 0.33          | 0.000       | 0.000         | 0.000       | 0.000         | 0.000       | 0.000                 |
| 6        | BOSNIA AND HERZEGO VINA | 3.000       | 0.05          | 3.000       | 0.04          | 0           | 0.00          | 0.000       | 0                     |
| 7        | BENIN                   | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0.000       | 0.000         | 5.200       | 0.058         | 0.000       | 0.000                 |
| 8        | BRAZIL                  | 18.160      | 0.25          | 3.980       | 0.15          | 2.120       | 0.08          | 5.200       | 0.17                  |
| 9        | CAMEROON                | 14.076      | 0.27          | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0.000       | 0                     |
| 10       | CANADA                  | 101942.911  | 466.50        | 82132.724   | 347.10        | 42738.96 9  | 193.11        | 42937.57 8  | 197.41                |
| 11       | CHILE                   | 402.770     | 2.66          | 105.915     | 0.72          | 53.497      | 0.74          | 13.508      | 0.52                  |
| 12       | CHINA                   | 685.330     | 6.78          | 429.684     | 6.23          | 125.640     | 3.63          | 50.135      | 1.66                  |
| 13       | COLOMBIA                | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0           | 0             | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0.050       | 0.08                  |
| 14       | CROATIA                 | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0           | 0             | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0           | 0                     |
| 15       | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC      | 23.000      | 0.12          | 0           | 0             | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0           | 0                     |
| 16       | EGYPT                   | 7.350       | 0.36          | 7.100       | 0.28          | 17.762      | 0.50          | 38.400      | 0.58                  |
| 17       | EUROPEAN UNION          | 155255.112  | 1517.20       | 129546.23 3 | 1318.53       | 124398.4 99 | 1143.16       | 102070.8 08 | 880.25                |
| 18       | GHANA                   | 23.000      | 0.09          | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0.000       | 0                     |
| 19       | HONG KONG               | 49.627      | 0.83          | 62.713      | 1.20          | 49.282      | 0.75          | 16.502      | 0.97                  |
| 20       | INDONESIA               | 18.850      | 0.24          | 29.600      | 0.51          | 23.060      | 0.10          | 0.060       | 0.01                  |
| 21       | IRAN                    | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0           | 0             | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0           | 0                     |
| 22       | ISRAEL                  | 3069.917    | 12.69         | 1974.249    | 14.18         | 620.101     | 2.87          | 1141.872    | 4.94                  |
| 23       | JAMAICA                 | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0           | 0             | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0           | 0                     |
| 24       | JAPAN                   | 750.936     | 16.30         | 1073.320    | 15.91         | 285.892     | 20.04         | 364.119     | 22.08                 |
| 25       | JORDAN                  | 0.320       | 0.07          | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0.000       | 0                     |
| 26       | KAZAKISTAN              | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0           | 0             | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0           | 0                     |
| 27       | KENYA                   | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0           | 0             | 0.000       | 0.00          | 3.645       | 0.11                  |
| 28       | KOREA DEM. REP.         | 0.000       | 0.00          | 6.000       | 0.49          | 25.000      | 1.61          | 16.500      | 1.16                  |
| 29       | KOREA REPUBLIC          | 1109.594    | 10.51         | 1611.760    | 7.04          | 940.360     | 9.06          | 2095.808    | 6.95                  |
| 30       | KUWAIT                  | 60.788      | 0.69          | 53.051      | 0.63          | 36.600      | 0.28          | 50.736      | 0.62                  |
| 31       | LAO PD.DEM.REP.         | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0           | 0             | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0           | 0                     |
| 32       | LEBANON                 | 681.000     | 11.11         | 100.273     | 1.35          | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0.028       | 0.01                  |
| 33       | MADAGASCAR              | 0.310       | 0.01          | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0.000       | 0.00          | 0.000       | 0                     |
| 34       | MALAYSIA                | 137.362     | 1.98          | 121.480     | 1.78          | 144.165     | 2.10          | 109.608     | 2.05                  |

|   35 | MALDIVES                        |      0.050 | 0.00        | 1.207       | 0.03        | 0.010       | 0.0023      | 0.000      |       0 |
|------|---------------------------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|---------|
|   36 | MAURITIUS                       |     63.103 | 1.09        | 20.919      | 0.30        | 16.217      | 0.10        | 580.717    |    2.28 |
|   37 | MEXICO                          |    205.081 | 2.64        | 599.655     | 7.11        | 35.200      | 0.17        | 17.600     |    0.15 |
|   38 | MOROCCO                         |      8.321 | 0.59        | 4.809       | 0.18        | 0.000       | 0.00        | 0          |    0    |
|   39 | NEPAL                           |     19.322 | 0.28        | 0           | 0           | 0.000       | 0.00        | 0          |    0    |
|   40 | NEWZEALAND                      |   1977.9   | 14.46       | 1282.187    | 9.96        | 1783.201    | 7.86        | 1519.779   |    8.34 |
|   41 | NICARAGUA                       |      0     | 0.000       | 0           | 0           | 0.000       | 0.00        | 0          |    0    |
|   42 | NIGER                           |      0     | 0.000       | 0           | 0           | 0.000       | 0.00        | 7.000      |    0.16 |
|   43 | NIGERIA                         |      0     | 0.000       | 0           | 0           | 0.000       | 0.00        | 0.055      |    0.12 |
|   44 | NORWAY                          |      0     | 0.000       | 0           | 0           | 0.000       | 0.00        | 0.525      |    0.01 |
|   45 | OMAN                            |     82.291 | 0.74        | 40.277      | 0.40        | 26.118      | 0.15        | 0.018      |    0.03 |
|   46 | PAKISTAN                        |      0     | 0.00        | 0           | 0           | 7116.190    | 1.49        | 898.000    |    1.29 |
|   47 | PERU                            |      0     | 0.00        | 0           | 0           | 0.000       | 0.00        | 0          |    0    |
|   48 | PHILIPPINES                     |     22     | 0.18        | 3.028       | 0.09        | 1.330       | 0.02        | 5.750      |    0.23 |
|   49 | QATAR                           |    117.105 | 1.03        | 19.657      | 0.27        | 0.016       | 0.02        | 0.000      |    0    |
|   50 | REUNION                         |      0     | 0.00        | 962.745     | 5.25        | 1271.360    | 7.16        | 299.680    |    1.54 |
|   51 | RUSSIA                          |     87.2   | 0.62        | 34.400      | 0.21        | 0.000       | 0.00        | 0          |    0    |
|   52 | SAUDI ARABIA                    |     79.857 | 1.20        | 50.364      | 0.63        | 12.909      | 0.18        | 15.274     |    0.4  |
|   53 | SEYCHELLES                      |      0     | 0.00        | 11.100      | 0.13        | 0.000       | 0.00        | 0          |    0    |
|   54 | SINGAPORE                       |    268.019 | 4.13        | 314.651     | 4.45        | 189.820     | 1.07        | 125.315    |    3.04 |
|   55 | SOUTH AFRICA                    |     14.147 | 0.69        | 35.437      | 0.67        | 56.564      | 1.08        | 32.313     |    1.11 |
|   56 | SRI LANKA                       |    224.555 | 4.97        | 120.184     | 3.02        | 754.674     | 1.83        | 447.001    |    3.65 |
|   57 | SWAJILAND                       |      2     | 0.03        | 0.000       | 0.00        | 0.000       | 0.00        | 0.000      |    0    |
|   58 | SWITZERLAND                     |   6199.11  | 67.24       | 8925.166    | 74.86       | 9427.256    | 56.46       | 9072.008   |   53.52 |
|   59 | TAIWAN                          |     11.534 | 0.89        | 5.765       | 0.57        | 9.355       | 0.64        | 22.114     |    1.43 |
|   60 | THAILAND                        |     81.931 | 1.06        | 106.365     | 0.87        | 214.112     | 1.79        | 190.108    |    2.71 |
|   61 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAG O            |      0.3   | 0.01        | 0.000       | 0.000       | 0.000       | 0.000       | 0.000      |    0    |
|   62 | TUNISIA                         |      0     | 0.00        | 0.580       | 0.02        | 0.280       | 0.02        | 0.000      |    0    |
|   63 | TURKEY                          |    354.938 | 4.25        | 110.176     | 1.30        | 90.600      | 0.86        | 99.000     |    1.02 |
|   64 | U.A.E.                          |    492.44  | 10.55       | 401.031     | 6.19        | 942.117     | 1.61        | 177.767    |    3.71 |
|   65 | U.S.A.                          | 334113     | 2922.00     | 223853.60 2 | 1571.74     | 116595.1 38 | 974.91      | 99491.92 1 |  744.63 |
|   66 | UGANDA                          |      0     | 0.00        | 0           | 0           | 0.000       | 0.00        | 0          |    0    |
|   67 | UKRAINE                         |      0     | 0.00        | 0           | 0           | 0.000       | 0.00        | 0          |    0    |
|   68 | URUGUAY                         |      1.02  | 0.20        | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0          |    0    |
|   69 | VIETNAM                         |   3185.57  | 11.42       | 1446.909    | 7.31        | 24.325      | 0.12        | 0.250      |    0.03 |
|   70 | ZAMBIA                          |     15.426 | 0.52        | 0           | 0           | 0.000       | 0.00        | 0          |    0    |
|   71 | YOGOSLAVIA (SERBIA- MONTENEGRO) |      0     | 0.00        | 0           | 0           | 1.150       | 0.07        | 0          |    0    |
|   71 | Total                           | 614090     | 5150.990 95 | 458339.02   | 3453.4831 6 | 309766.9    | 2478.1767 2 | 263686.9 7 | 1975.87 |