ORGANIC FARMING AND PROFITABLE EXPORT BUSINESS OF ORGANIC PRODUCT: AN EVOLUTIONARY STUDY IN INDIAN CONTEXT
Ashok Kumar Maurya
Abstract
Ashok Kumar Maurya
Abstract
Organic farming is not a modern technique of eco-friendly farming of India but it was popular from ancient time. Organic farming is the important part of sustainable agriculture development and their products are free from all type of chemical contamination. The production of the organic products depends on the some standard agricultural inputs like organic farming managed land and use of bio-fertilizers and no use of pesticide. India has achieved the status of single largest country in terms of arable cultivated land under organic management and total area under certified organic wild harvest collection. The consumption of the organic products are scanty in India because of mostly people believe that, it is the concept of developed countries and price of this type of products also high. Most of consumer of the organic products belongs to the developed countries. Developed countries are main markets of organic products and from India a large part of the organic products goes to the developed countries. Production of the organic cotton is more than 837293 MT in India had achieved the status of largest organic cotton grower in the world in 2009-10 and has been captured more than
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Organic farming is not a modern technique of eco-friendly farming of India but it was popular from ancient time. Organic farming is the important part of sustainable agriculture development and their products are free from all type of chemical contamination. The production of the organic products depends on the some standard agricultural inputs like organic farming managed land and use of bio-fertilizers and no use of pesticide. India has achieved the status of single largest country in terms of arable cultivated land under organic management and total area under certified organic wild harvest collection. The consumption of the organic products are scanty in India because of mostly people believe that, it is the concept of developed countries and price of this type of products also high. Most of consumer of the organic products belongs to the developed countries. Developed countries are main markets of organic products and from India a large part of the organic products goes to the developed countries. Production of the organic cotton is more than 837293 MT in India had achieved the status of largest organic cotton grower in the world in 2009-10 and has been captured more than
Key concepts: Organic farming, Organic product, Agriculture, Arable land, Business, Agricultural economics, Context (archaeology), Integrated farming