Report by M R Subramani in The Hindu Business Line - Feb 16, 2012
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The focus at the BioFach 2012 at Germany is on India and its products. A total of 51 companies are participating in the BioFach which includes Tea Board, Spices Board, APEDA.
According to Mr Asit Tripathy Joint Secy millions of our small and medium farmers practice organic farming by default, because they cannot afford modern equipment and costly fertilisers and pesticides. And the Indian government is now waking up to the possibility and potential of organic farming.
Indian organic product exports are valued at 400 million dollars and can grow to $1 billion by 2015.
The Government has set up the National Project for Organic Farming to launch organic certification programme for the domestic market.
The Chairman of the Federation of Organic Enterprise in Germany, Dr Felic Prinz zu Lowenstein, said organic farming can provide food security and feed the world and that India could show the way in organic farming in 30 years especially in sustainable agriculture and food safety.
The President of the UN's IFOAM said the focus was on food security and poverty reduction and if this was to be achieved the focus should be on small growers who make up 70% of farming in the world.
The focus at the BioFach 2012 at Germany is on India and its products. A total of 51 companies are participating in the BioFach which includes Tea Board, Spices Board, APEDA.
According to Mr Asit Tripathy Joint Secy millions of our small and medium farmers practice organic farming by default, because they cannot afford modern equipment and costly fertilisers and pesticides. And the Indian government is now waking up to the possibility and potential of organic farming.
Indian organic product exports are valued at 400 million dollars and can grow to $1 billion by 2015.
The Government has set up the National Project for Organic Farming to launch organic certification programme for the domestic market.
The Chairman of the Federation of Organic Enterprise in Germany, Dr Felic Prinz zu Lowenstein, said organic farming can provide food security and feed the world and that India could show the way in organic farming in 30 years especially in sustainable agriculture and food safety.
The President of the UN's IFOAM said the focus was on food security and poverty reduction and if this was to be achieved the focus should be on small growers who make up 70% of farming in the world.
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