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A Task Force set up by India's Ministry of Agriculture has recommended a target of converting at least 10 percent of the country's cultivated area into organic farmlands by 2025. The Task Force, which includes representatives from various agricultural institutions and organizations, highlighted the need to shift towards organic farming due to environmental concerns, rejection of export consignments due to chemical residues, and the potential of organic farming to reduce carbon emissions and increase self-reliance. The recommendations include the establishment of a Central Organic Farming Research Institute, increased allocation of agricultural research budget for organic farming, and tax waivers for organic input production units. However, there is debate around the current percentage of organic farming in India, with some arguing that it is significantly higher than the 1 percent reported by the Task Force.
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By Athar P In May this year, a Task Force constituted by India’s Ministry of Agriculture, to give recommendations on expansion of organic farming in the country, presented its report. The report, according to its convenor, Anil Kumar Singh (vice chancellor of Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior), has recommended to the Ministry that it should adopt an ambitious but realistic target of converting at least 10 percent of cultivated area into organic farmlands across all states by year 2025. The Ministry of Agriculture had constituted the seven-member Task Force on Organic and Non Chemical Farming in June 2015 to come up with expert views and recommendations after conducting research and consultations with all stakeholders. Spearheaded by Singh, with its member-secretary as Krishan Chandra (director, National Centre of Organic Farming), other members of the Task Force included Anand Achar, Umendra Dutt, Kavitha Kuruganti, Kapil Shah and Ashok Kumar Singh. The ...
Source: Pureecoindia
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