Organic agriculture to receive boost in Uttarakhand
Updated: Feb 03, 2014 02:17:43pm
Dehradun, Feb 3 (KNN) Uttarakhand Organic Commodity Board (UOCB) that promotes organic activities in agriculture and allied sectors such as horticulture, medicinal aromatic plants and herbs and animal husbandry throughout the state is taking further steps to enhance organic farming.
UOCB is presently supporting more than 60,000 small and marginal farmers of Uttarakhand for adaption of organic agriculture, internal control systems (ICS) and marketing.
It also facilitates marketing linkages to more than 10,000 farmer families where the farmers get direct monetary benefits from the sales and organic market benefits.
Significantly, the UOCB and agriculture department are planning to develop large scale production areas where select water sheds and valleys are developed in to organic belts.
In this context, UOCB has invited bids from NGOs, institutions and consultant to conduct a baseline survey for Saturation of Selected Block (SSB) under Organic Farming Project.
The survey will have to be conducted for a sample 800 farmer families in the blocks of Rudraprayag, Okhimath, Jhakholi, Chamoli, Dewal and Almora.
The project will bring about model bio –villages where large numbers of farmers practice the complete package of practice for agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry, according to an official notification.
Through the project, farmers will be motivated to voluntarily adopt the different organic systems under organic, and they will be given in-depth support in technical aspects, training, capacity building, exposure etc.
The project also envisages bringing about market linkages and developing value chain links where the organic production hubs will be connected to specially created collection centres and processing units.
The Primary objective of the SSB project is to create and develop a completely / fully saturated cluster /water shed /block as a completed practice. It would showcase the possibility of sustainable agriculture where minimum volumes of external inputs are used and optimum productivity of the farm through the principals of organic agriculture are achieved.
The SSB will focus equally at the significance of integrated farming systems and support farmers to develop income generation models with the organic mode. Emphasis will be given on holistic approach instead of intensive and monoculture. Allied departments like MAP, horticulture, silviculture, animal husbandry, forestry, fisheries, and watershed etc will participate and converge with the SSB project.
In addition, farmers will be supported and trained to make their own organic input at their farms using all disposal organic matter, biomass and other botanical known for their insecticidal and nutrient properties. Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK) which has been documented and used will also be used by the farmers.
Clearly, Organic agriculture has been well received in the state by the farmers. In the khariff and rabi farmers campaign run by the agriculture department the farmers have demanded for organic programs to be brought in their villages.
The success of the program is evident by the number of agencies involved in the production, processing and the marketing of the organic produce within the state. (KNN/ES)
UOCB is presently supporting more than 60,000 small and marginal farmers of Uttarakhand for adaption of organic agriculture, internal control systems (ICS) and marketing.
It also facilitates marketing linkages to more than 10,000 farmer families where the farmers get direct monetary benefits from the sales and organic market benefits.
Significantly, the UOCB and agriculture department are planning to develop large scale production areas where select water sheds and valleys are developed in to organic belts.
In this context, UOCB has invited bids from NGOs, institutions and consultant to conduct a baseline survey for Saturation of Selected Block (SSB) under Organic Farming Project.
The survey will have to be conducted for a sample 800 farmer families in the blocks of Rudraprayag, Okhimath, Jhakholi, Chamoli, Dewal and Almora.
The project will bring about model bio –villages where large numbers of farmers practice the complete package of practice for agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry, according to an official notification.
Through the project, farmers will be motivated to voluntarily adopt the different organic systems under organic, and they will be given in-depth support in technical aspects, training, capacity building, exposure etc.
The project also envisages bringing about market linkages and developing value chain links where the organic production hubs will be connected to specially created collection centres and processing units.
The Primary objective of the SSB project is to create and develop a completely / fully saturated cluster /water shed /block as a completed practice. It would showcase the possibility of sustainable agriculture where minimum volumes of external inputs are used and optimum productivity of the farm through the principals of organic agriculture are achieved.
The SSB will focus equally at the significance of integrated farming systems and support farmers to develop income generation models with the organic mode. Emphasis will be given on holistic approach instead of intensive and monoculture. Allied departments like MAP, horticulture, silviculture, animal husbandry, forestry, fisheries, and watershed etc will participate and converge with the SSB project.
In addition, farmers will be supported and trained to make their own organic input at their farms using all disposal organic matter, biomass and other botanical known for their insecticidal and nutrient properties. Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK) which has been documented and used will also be used by the farmers.
Clearly, Organic agriculture has been well received in the state by the farmers. In the khariff and rabi farmers campaign run by the agriculture department the farmers have demanded for organic programs to be brought in their villages.
The success of the program is evident by the number of agencies involved in the production, processing and the marketing of the organic produce within the state. (KNN/ES)
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