In our series on Atmanirbhar Bharat today, we bring you a special story on Organic farming.
India has emerged as a key player in global organic marketing. Agriculture Ministry has said that India ranks first in number of organic farmers and ninth in terms of area under organic farming.
Sikkim became the first state to become fully organic and other states including Tripura and Uttarakhand have set similar targets.
North East India has traditionally been organic and the consumption of chemicals is far less than rest of the country.
Similarly, the tribal and island territories are being nurtured to continue their organic story.
The government had launched two dedicated programmes namely – Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region and Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana in 2015 with the aim to assist farmers to adopt organic farming.
Source: All India Radio
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