Agriculture
- Is Your Organic Produce Really Pesticide-free?
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- Rising Organic Food Demand Provides Export Potential
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- Why Organic Food?
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- What Is Organic Farming?
Organic farming management relies on developing biological diversity in the field to disrupt habitat for pest organisms, and the purposeful maintenance and replenishment of soil fertility. Organic farmers are not allowed to use synthetic...
Agriculture
Organic food production doubled
Organic food production in the country more than doubled to 3.8 million tonne in 2010-11, even as the area under the chemicals-free cultivation shrank. Area under organic farming declined 3% to 4.42 million hectares in last fiscal, official data showed.
In 2009-10, the output of organic products was 1.70 million tonnes, while the average was 4.55 million hectares, as per the data presented in the Rajya Sabha last week by minister of state for agriculture Harish Rawat.
He said that to determine the impact of organic farming on soil health and crop quality, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) had conducted a study, Network Project on Organic Farming (NPOF), in 2004-05. ?The limited study conducted under this project revealed that the organic system of plant nutrition helped in improving the organic carbon and microbial biomass in the soil,? Rawat said.
It also improved the bio-chemical properties of a few crops like ginger, turmeric, chillies, garlic, tomato, peas, cabbage, French beans and so on, he added. Besides, the content of micro-nutrients like iron, zinc, manganese and copper improved significantly, he said.
?Organic foods, in general are reportedly safe for human health as they are almost free from pesticide residues and heavy metals,? Rawat noted.
According to an agriculture ministry official, India exported 54,000 tonnes of organic food items that were worth Rs. 591 crore in 2008-09.
Indian organic exports include cereals, pulses, honey, tea, spices, oil seeds, fruits, vegetables, cotton fibre, cosmetics and body care products. Asia, Latin America and Australia are important producers and exporters of organic foods.
Global sales of organic produce touched $50.9 billion in 2008 from $25 billion in 2003. Consumer demand for organic products is mainly from North America and Europe.
source-livemint.com
- Is Your Organic Produce Really Pesticide-free?
The unimaginable success and sustained growth of the organic movement over the past many decades has LED to several positive changes for the overall food offer, that embrace the enhanced convenience of unpolluted food. however there's a standard misperception...
- Indian Family Makes A Breakthrough In Hydroponics
by Mike Adams Hydroponics, the practice of growing plants in water instead of soil, received a giant lift from a New Delhi family that created a purely organic nutrient mix that has sustained tomatoes and Arjun. Original source: http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu5&leftindx=5&lselect=2&chklogin=N&autono=202585...
- Rising Organic Food Demand Provides Export Potential
Do you know that if you eat an average apple, you would be taking in more than 30 pesticides and antibiotics even after washing it? The reason is quite obvious. In a hurry for producing more and more crops to satisfy growing demand, producers have had...
- Why Organic Food?
The existence of an organic movement first became apparent to me in the late 1990s while living in California. Produce with organic labelling and farmers' markets touting all-organic foods began sprouting up in every neighbourhood. Believing that...
- What Is Organic Farming?
Organic farming management relies on developing biological diversity in the field to disrupt habitat for pest organisms, and the purposeful maintenance and replenishment of soil fertility. Organic farmers are not allowed to use synthetic...