Transcript Organic Opportunities from India:This far and New

Organic Opportunities from India:
This far and New Initiatives!
Presentation at
Organic World – Advantage India
15th October, 2015
Manoj Kumar Menon, Executive Director,
International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture (ICCOA), Bangalore
And
Vice President, IFOAM-ASIA, South Korea
Organic agriculture developed from two streams:
1. Farmers with
“Sustainability
Concerns”
2. Progressive and
‘Market Oriented’
Organic Farmers
About 74% farmers of India are small and marginal farmers.
So organic farming is more relevant for them to help reduce costs
and to increase incomes.
Organic Agriculture: Important Intervention Areas
Soil Health
Eco-friendly
Sustainable Farming
Economic
Benefits
Food Safety
Production of Safe &
Nutritious Food
Better Returns for
Small Farmers
Indicators
Soil Carbon
Non use of
chemicals
Price
Premium
Soil Microbes
Non toxic
residues
Lower Cost of
Production
Value-addition
w.r.t. Ecology &
Environment
Development of
Organic Package
of Practices
Organic Markets
& Effective
Supply Chains
Creation of
Replicable
Marketing Models
Hilly Regions
Rain-fed Regions
J&K
613 Ha
HP
15435 Ha
Rajasthan
UK
Sikkim
39451 Ha
43107 ha
41147 Ha
Gujarat
70538 Ha
Nagaland
2916 Ha
MP
225000 Ha
Meghalaya
1780 Ha
Chattisgarh
444 Ha
Orissa
50740 Ha
Karnataka
40468 Ha
Kerala
14869 Ha
Tamil nadu
6742 Ha
Hilly Region
Rainfed
Major Exportable Items - Opportunities
Status of Organic Agriculture in India (2004-14)
1400
1207
1200
1085
1020
1000
865
800
778
832
720
620
600
538
550
400
Land Area Certified Organic
200
0
174
Cultivated area (2015): 6,20,000 ha
From only 42000 ha in 2003
42
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Trade Value- Exports & Domestic, 2005-2014
(in Rs crores)
Domestic
Textiles Export
1750
Foods Export
1300
1400
875
1100
1050
425
600
800
175
510
285
600
500
75
120
350
290
150
95
74
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
What is lacking? The Way Forward!
Holistic Understanding & Support Services
• Govts and Depts still have not understood OF in full scope
• Technical & managerial support & ‘Best practices.
• Authentic and technically superior inputs: On-farm and off-farm availability
Scientific validation & Research on Organic Farming systems
• Package of practices/Crop protocols
• Cost-Benefit ratios
• Productivity data
Market Access and Supply chain
• Two forms of markets- Exports & Domestic
• Supply chain- Aggregation, Logistics & Processing
• Access to buyers, information and linkages
Lets create models– close the value chain –Create pilots in each organic zones /
regions
Sustainable Bio-villages (@ICCOA)
Uniqueness of this project – The Bio-zone concept
Integrates Seven distinct components 1. Agriculture/Horticulture
2. Animal husbandry:
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Dairying, Piggery/Sheep/Goat keeping, Poultry
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Bee keeping (Apiculture)
3. Organic input productions:
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Composting, Vermicomposting, NADEP, Biodigestors, etc
Community compost unit through rural entrepreneurs
4. Biogas units (for clean energy and slurry as input)
5. Processing and Value addition facilities
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Village level Pack-houses (Collection, grading, packing centres)
Primary processing: Drying, slicing, Logistics
6. Rural entrepreneurship
7. Tourism: Agri and Eco-tourism development
BIOVILLAGE IN NORTH EAST INDIA
A model for sustainable Agriculture for & community
development
Dr. AKALI SEMA
Professor & Head
Department of Horticulture
SASRD, NAGALAND UNIVERSITY
Colourful, vibrant people
Nagaland- A Kuki Village- Molvom
Molvom Bio-village at a glance
• Total project area : 1200 ha, 582 farmers
• Impt. economic activity: Farming
• Main crops grown : Paddy, Pineapple,
Turmeric, Ginger, Naga chilli
• Started in the year 2012-13
Methodology (in Summary)
View of the Village & its Paddy fields
ICCOA Interventions
• Farmer Training Programs :
- Crop Management- Certification - On farm Input generations
On-farm Input Generation
Community Compost Structure
Concrete Compost unit
Vermi Wash Unit
HDPE compost unit
Matka Khad
Installation of Compost Units (HDPE)
Size – 10 x 4x 3 ft
Cap: 1 ton
Marketing- linkages: Turmeric
Marketing of Pineapple
Organic Basmati Rice – First time in Nagaland
Organic Basmati Rice – First time in Nagaland
Collecting, documenting
& disseminating
information & knowledge
Consulting
services
Capacity building of
individuals & institutions
ICCOA
Mandate
Networking
stakeholders
Advocating and popularizing
OA
Welcome also to India‘s Biggest Organic fair
Biofach India-India Organic
5-7 November, 2015, Kochi, Kerala
Thank you