Organic Farming Sector of India – A Statistical Review and Recommendations

Abstract

AbstractDuring the year 2019–2020 India devoted 2.3 million hectares of land to the organic farming sector and became the world’s biggest producer of organic farming products. In relation to this, this article reports the yearly progress details of India’s organic farming sector in chronological order, analyzing the growth of the organic farming sector in India and its major milestones. Authenticated data pertaining to the key indicators of India’s organic farming sector from 2003 to date have been collected and analyzed. Data pertaining to land-related key indicators such as areal extent of organic land, areal extent of wild collections, number of organic producers, processors, and exporters in India as well as organic market-related factors such as production quantity, export volume, and export value are analyzed in detail. Wherever required, both the source data and outcome of the analyzed results were cross validated using multiple reference articles and web content mining. At the end, the importance of developing and deploying a Geographic Information System-based Decision Support System (GIS-DSS) under the banner of the National Organic Farming Atlas of India is recommended, which will certainly enhance the growth status of the organic farming sector of India right from the taluk, district, and state level.KeywordsOrganic farmingKey indicatorsNational Organic Farming Atlas of India