NCOF organizes organic management course
Updated: May 21, 2013 12:54:57pm
Ghaziabad, May 21 (KNN) The National Centre of Organic Farming (NCOF) has organized a certificate course on organic farming to develop rural trainers in organic management practices.
Around 30 participants are expected to attend the training here, the focus of which will be cropping system management, nutrient management and plant protection, according to an official notification.
Significantly, organic management emphasises the optimization of resource use and productivity, rather than maximization of productivity and over exploitation of resources at the cost of resources meant for future generations.
The National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) which is being implemented by the National Centre of Organic Farming at Ghaziabad is a continuing central sector scheme being implemented since the 10th Five Year Plan.
The Planning Commission had approved the scheme as a pilot project for the remaining two and half years of the 10th plan period with effect from 01.10.2004 with an outlay of Rs 57.04 crore. Further, the scheme has been continued in the 11th plan with an outlay of Rs 101.00 crore.
NCOF has six regional centres at Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Hisar, Imphal, Jabalpur and Nagpur. Besides working for the realisation of targets under NPOF and NCOF, the regional centres have also been performing specific roles in the promotion of organic farming.
About one-third of the world’s organically managed agricultural land – 12 million hectares is located in developing countries. Most of this land is in Latin America, with Asia and Africa in the second and third place. The countries with the largest area under organic management are Argentina, China and Brazil.
With phenomenal growth in the area under organic management and growing demand for wild harvest products India has emerged as the single largest country with highest arable cultivated land under organic management. India has also achieved the status of single largest country in terms of total area under certified organic wild harvest collection.
It is estimated that 65 per cent of the country’s cropped area is organic by default, as small farmers have no choice but to farm without chemical fertilisers and pesticides which they cannot afford.
The off-shore demand for organic food market is one of the major drivers of organic agriculture in India, due to relatively increased returns with lesser input costs. (KNN)
Around 30 participants are expected to attend the training here, the focus of which will be cropping system management, nutrient management and plant protection, according to an official notification.
Significantly, organic management emphasises the optimization of resource use and productivity, rather than maximization of productivity and over exploitation of resources at the cost of resources meant for future generations.
The National Project on Organic Farming (NPOF) which is being implemented by the National Centre of Organic Farming at Ghaziabad is a continuing central sector scheme being implemented since the 10th Five Year Plan.
The Planning Commission had approved the scheme as a pilot project for the remaining two and half years of the 10th plan period with effect from 01.10.2004 with an outlay of Rs 57.04 crore. Further, the scheme has been continued in the 11th plan with an outlay of Rs 101.00 crore.
NCOF has six regional centres at Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Hisar, Imphal, Jabalpur and Nagpur. Besides working for the realisation of targets under NPOF and NCOF, the regional centres have also been performing specific roles in the promotion of organic farming.
About one-third of the world’s organically managed agricultural land – 12 million hectares is located in developing countries. Most of this land is in Latin America, with Asia and Africa in the second and third place. The countries with the largest area under organic management are Argentina, China and Brazil.
With phenomenal growth in the area under organic management and growing demand for wild harvest products India has emerged as the single largest country with highest arable cultivated land under organic management. India has also achieved the status of single largest country in terms of total area under certified organic wild harvest collection.
It is estimated that 65 per cent of the country’s cropped area is organic by default, as small farmers have no choice but to farm without chemical fertilisers and pesticides which they cannot afford.
The off-shore demand for organic food market is one of the major drivers of organic agriculture in India, due to relatively increased returns with lesser input costs. (KNN)
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