Organic Farming

Organic Farming with Aroma Organice

India is a land of agriculture which contributes to a major proportion of the country’s economy. While in the past decades, urbanization and globalization corrupted the agricultural output with chemical fertilizers, the country is again leading towards organic ways in agriculture. In the World’s Organic Agricultural land tally, India has been awarded the fifth position and has grabbed the first spot in terms of the total number of organic producers. The government of India is also continuously putting relentless efforts in establishing organic farming as a major practice among farmers by providing subsidies, and schemes and pushing initiatives like the National Program for Organic Production involving the accreditation of certification bodies, formulating standards for organic production, promotion and marketing of organic farming under Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority. Such accreditation fosters international recognition of organic products produced in India. Moreover, there is an extensive burden on the governments to provide subsidies to farmers on the purchase of chemical fertilizers which has increased manifolds in the last decade. In order to tackle this challenge, organic farming is the only way out. It can emerge as an effective substitute for chemical fertilizers, for which we are paying heavy prices by importing them and causing detrimental effects on the climate as well as the health of the country’s citizens. Adding to this, private players are also significantly contributing to advocating organic farming. All these efforts are being propelled to position organic farming as a solution and way towards sustainable agriculture. Let’s find out how organic farming is sustainable in nature. 

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Cornell Univerity Team from USA visited Aroma Organice FPC Campus Bhokramba to Learn Soybean Value Chains and Market Efficiency Lessons and posted a blog on their website.

In a recent visit to Latur, a district in Maharashtra, India, we gained an understanding of the marketing channels and infrastructure available for local soybean producers. In India, Latur is a significant agricultural hub for soybean cultivation, with the second-highest acreage dedicated to soybean production after Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh. Soybean cultivation accounts for approximately 55% of the total area under cultivation in the district, making it a crucial source of livelihood for farmers. Most of the farmers in this district are smallholders or marginal farmers, with around 78% of agricultural landholdings comprising less than 2 hectares of land.

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Sustainable Agriculture – the way forward

Any form of agriculture interferes with nature. Cultivating land and growing crops involves using the natural resources and converting them into food or fibre. It is essential to cultivate land as there is no other way of feeding the population. However, while cultivating, if we keep the utilization of natural resources at the minimum level and use them in a sustainable way so that they are renewed frequently and are available for future use, we would be doing a great favour to our future generations.

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