Lok Sabha Question No. 1486 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Improvement of Organic Farming
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sarmistha Sethi, Guman Singh Damor

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1486

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7th  DECEMBER, 2021

## IMPROVEMENT OF ORGANIC FARMING

1486. SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI: SHRI GUMAN SINGH DAMOR :

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

(a) whether the Government has any programmes or plans  to improve organic farming in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)    whether  the  Government  maintains  any  data  related  to  the  total  number  of  farmers adopting organic farming practices in the country;

(d) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise; and

(e)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  set  new  targets  for  promoting organic farming with a view to increase the  income farmers?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a)  &  (b):    Government  has  been  promoting  organic/natural  farming  through  dedicated schemes namely  Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Mission Organic Value Chain Development in North East Region (MOVCDNER).  Farmers are provided financial assistance   of  Rs  31000/  ha  /  3  years    under    PKVY  and    Rs  32500/  ha/  3years  under MOVCDNER  for  organic  inputs  such  as  seeds,  bio-fertilisers,  bio-pesticides,  organic manure, compost/ vermi-compost, botanical extracts etc.  In addition to above, support is also  provided  for  group/  Farmers  Producers  Organization  (FPO)  formation,  training, certification, value addition and marketing of their organic produce.  Organic cultivation on either  side  of  River  Ganga  under  National  Mission  of  Clean  Ganga(NMCG)  ,  natural farming,  large  area  certification  and  support  for  individual  farmers  have  also  been introduced under PKVY to increase  area under organic farming.

Bhartiya  Prakritik  Krishi  Padhati  (BPKP),  a  sub  scheme  of  Paramparagat  Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) since 2020-21  is promoted for  traditional indigenous practices .The scheme mainly emphasises on exclusion of all synthetic chemical inputs and promotes onfarm  biomass  recycling  with  major  stress  on  biomass  mulching,  use  of  cow  dung-urine formulations  and    plant  based  preparations.Under  BPKP,  financial  assistance  of  Rs 12200/ha for  3  years  is  provided  for  cluster  formation,  capacity  building  and  continuous handholding by trained personnel, certification and residue analysis.

Further, Government has taken initiatives for carrying out research for  improvement of  organic  farming  in  the  country  through  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research(ICAR). ICAR  through  Indian  Institute  of  Farming  Systems  Research,  Modipuram  operates  a research scheme of All India Network Programme on Organic Farming (AI-NPOF) with 20 co-operating centers covering 16 states involving 11 State Agricultural Universities, 8 ICAR institutes/centres  and  1  deemed  to  be/special  heritage  university.  Following  are  the outcome of the research of   AI-NPOF:

-  Scientific  package  of  practices  for  organic  production  of  crops  in  cropping  systems have been developed for 51 cropping systems suitable for 12 states.
-  One  acre  Integrated  Organic  Farming  System  (IOFS)  models  suitable  for  marginal farmers have been established in Gujarat, Kerala, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Sikkim and Tamil  Nadu  which  provides  scope  to  generate  quality  inputs  required  for  organic farming within the farm, thus reducing the cost of production.
-  The best performing varieties under organic management for different crops suitable to 12 states have been identified.
-  Traditional  varieties  have  been  evaluated  and  identified  for  promotion  under  organic farming and alongside indigenous technical knowledge on organic farming have also been collected and are being validated in 4 States namely Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

(c) to (e): The State-wise details of total number of farmers adopting organic farming is given  at Annexure I.

The proposed target under PKVY and MOVCDNER schemes during 15th Finance Commission is to bring another 7.35 lac hectare area under organic farming during 2022 to 2023 to 2025-2026. All the clusters under PKVY are proposed to be transformed into FPOs in  value  chain  mode  for  providing  end  to  end  support  for  production,  certification, processing and marketing with a view to increase farmer's income.

## Annexure-l

| State-wise total no. of farmers adopting organic farming till 2020-21   | State-wise total no. of farmers adopting organic farming till 2020-21   | State-wise total no. of farmers adopting organic farming till 2020-21   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                   | Name of the State                                                       | Total farmers                                                           |
| 1                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                                          | 407157                                                                  |
| 2                                                                       | Bihar                                                                   | 71335                                                                   |
| 3                                                                       | Chhattisgarh                                                            | 245487                                                                  |
| 4                                                                       | Gujarat                                                                 | 75554                                                                   |
| 5                                                                       | Goa                                                                     | 89024                                                                   |
| 6                                                                       | Haryana                                                                 | 4375                                                                    |
| 7                                                                       | Jharkhand                                                               | 72519                                                                   |
| 8                                                                       | Karnataka                                                               | 122065                                                                  |
| 9                                                                       | Kerala                                                                  | 169406                                                                  |
| 10                                                                      | Madhya Pradesh                                                          | 773902                                                                  |
| 11                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                             | 309692                                                                  |
| 12                                                                      | Odisha                                                                  | 193293                                                                  |
| 13                                                                      | Punjab                                                                  | 24012                                                                   |
| 14                                                                      | Rajasthan                                                               | 456865                                                                  |
| 15                                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                                              | 99783                                                                   |
| 16                                                                      | Telangana                                                               | 97961                                                                   |
| 17                                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                                           | 240561                                                                  |
| 18                                                                      | West Bengal                                                             | 10031                                                                   |
| 19                                                                      | Assam                                                                   | 35190                                                                   |
| 20                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                       | 8160                                                                    |
| 21                                                                      | Mizoram                                                                 | 15811                                                                   |
| 22                                                                      | Manipur                                                                 | 67482                                                                   |
| 23                                                                      | Nagaland                                                                | 15555                                                                   |
| 24                                                                      | Sikkim                                                                  | 72459                                                                   |
| 25                                                                      | Tripura                                                                 | 9324                                                                    |
| 26                                                                      | Meghalaya                                                               | 29975                                                                   |
| 27                                                                      | Himachal Pradesh                                                        | 49032                                                                   |
| 28                                                                      | Jammu &Kashmir                                                          | 24778                                                                   |
| 29                                                                      | Uttarakhand                                                             | 472164                                                                  |
| 30                                                                      | Andman &Nicobar                                                         | 3401                                                                    |
| 31                                                                      | Daman &Diu                                                              | 2752                                                                    |
| 32                                                                      | Dadar Nagar                                                             | 25010                                                                   |
| 33                                                                      | Delhi                                                                   | 26574                                                                   |
| 34                                                                      | Puducherry                                                              | 409                                                                     |
| 35                                                                      | Chandigarh                                                              | 4306                                                                    |
| 36                                                                      | Lakshadeep                                                              | 10595                                                                   |
| 37                                                                      | Ladakh                                                                  | 2496                                                                    |

| Total   | 4338495   |
|---------|-----------|

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