How to Start Organic Farming Business in India ?

Organic farming business in INDIA is easy, economically sustainable and high returns due to increasing demand of organic products in the market.

Organic products injoy 25 to 30% premium over non Organic products in the international market. This sector has experienced a growth of 35% in terms of export and new entrants. Presently almost 0.67 million organic farmers practice it over 0.73 million hectare of agricultural land.

Consumers in many countries willingly pay a premium price for Organic farmed fruits, vegetables and other food products.

Following way to Start Organic Farming Business in India :

1. Initial Research for Organic Farming Business in India :

Today, Number of people shifting from chemical agriculture to organic agriculture or natural agriculture. Before start the journey, you need to become well aware of commercial success in the organic farming. Search for firms that engage in organic farming, visit their facilities, and broach about the requirements and other preparation with the owner.
You must research on the requirement of fund, land, labour, water, transportation, market, etc. and then sustaining it profitably after launch.

2. Soil Health Report :

Enhancing soil fertility and nutrient management through application of organic matter input in the form of green manure, compost and farmyard manure and by adopting cover crop, crop rotation, mixed cropping and intercropping. Soil Health Card (SHC) provided by Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmer Welfare. On the basis of soil test recommended to farmers for improving soil fertility, ensuring quality control requirement of fertilizers, bio fertilizer, and organic-fertilizers. Improving soil fertility by skill and knowledge of soil testing laboratory staff, better conditions between staff and farmers through training and demonstrations; promoting organic farming practices.
Build good Quality Soil Structure and Fertility -
* Recycle & composted crop wastes & animal manures
* The right soil cultivation at the right time
* Crop rotation
* Mulching the soil surface
* Mixed cropping
* Tillage

3. Water Quality  for Organic Farming Business in India : 

For organic farming need less or no polluted water quality. Where in organic farming water pollution is lowered because the chemical inputs greatly reduced and excess amount of nitrogen and phosphorus in soil reduced that
resulted lower eutrophication of water bodies. Lower the water pollution and improving the soil health is directly proportional to higher outcome for the farmers.

4. Quality of Seeds & Planting Material for Organic Farming Business in India :

The demand of organic food on the basis of of flavour and nutritional content.
There is need of sufficient supply and good quality of organic seeds and planting materials. For successful production of organic seeds and planting material intensive communication between and mutual commitment of farmers, traders, breeders, and governmental organisations are necessary. Farmers with traders should be involved in variety testing and in designing crop Ideotypes by identifying the desired cultivar and variety traits. Breeders can contributed by incorporating the desired organic traits in future breathing programmes. There must be optimising organic seed production management and planting materials.

5. Organic Fertilizers or Bio-Fertilizers for Organic Farming Business in India :

The bio-fertilizers are derived from animal matter, animal excreta, human excreta, and plant residue etc. (organic manures are compost, vermicompost, poultry, sheep-goat, biogas slurry). It improve the structure of the soil and increase its ability to hold water and nutrients. Organic fertilizers will make soil and plants more healthier and stronger than chemical fertilizers. The source of organic fertilizers are well known and cost-effective or cheaper than chemical fertilizers.

6. Beneficial Crop Choice for Organic Farming Business in India :

selection of organic crops depends on the season soil type availability of water duration of crops input cost and profit.
For Example -
Perennial Crop, this should include plant-based ground cover crops,
Annual crops, this should include diverse crop rotation practices,
Intercropping or other diverse crop production methods,
Green Crops (Green Manure crop such as  Daincha, Sunhemp, etc. can be grown before the rice season. They provide sufficient quantity of organic matter in turn helps in development of good soil structure).

7. Increasing (Doubling) the Farmers Income from Organic Farming in India :

According to Agricultural Minister Radha Mohan Singh - The scientific organic farming to double farmers income and sought stakeholders support to bring a revolution in this area.
By default, India is world's largest organic farming country. If farmers adopt organic farming inmo scientific way to get in better production and higher returns, he said.
For this government policies like Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) engaging farmers to adopt organic farming but government policies alone will not work, there must be society and all stakeholders will have to come forward and contribute for organic farming. The Government of India targeted double farmers income by 2022.

Government Initiative for Encouraging Organic Farming Business in India :

1. Organic Farm Certificate in India :

Under Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development authority (APEDA) regulate National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP). NPOP set some standard for the organic farm so the quality of product will increase. For get a certificate of organic farm in India you have to meet with the principal standard of NPOP. The procedure of certification is simple and easy. The benefits of this certificate for the farmers are eligible of various government subsidies schemes.

2. Udyog Aadhar : 

Udyog Aadhaar is the 12 digit unique numbers which are issued by the Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Email (MSME). If you are running a business of organic farming then you should register under Udyog Aadhar because after obtaining Udyog you will get many benefits from the government, you will get a loan from the bank at low interest rates, government subsidies. Udyog Aadhaar is a legal proof of your business. Process of registration under Udyog Aadhar is simple, and completely online. For online filing of Udyog Aadhaar memorandum not required documentation. After successful submission of memorandum you will get your Udyog Aadhar.

3. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) :

FSSAI is an authority which monitors and governs the food business in India. The FSSAI registration
 also required in organic farming business in India. There is need some documentation like identity proof, business proof, place of business, etc. after successful submission you will get 14 digit face numbers.

4. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) :
 It is launched in 2015, is an extended component of Soil Health Management (SHM) under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA). PKVY aims at supporting and promoting organic farming, in turn resulting in improvement of soil health.
The scheme promotes Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) For India (PGS-India) form of organic certification that is built on mutual trust, locally relevant and mandates the involvement of producers and consumers in the process of certification.

5.Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER):

Financial assistance is given for setting up of the following:

1. Functional infrastructure for collection, aggregation, grading units and North-Eastern (NE) organic bazaar @ Rs. 15 lakh (75% subsidy).

2. Integrated Processing Units with Total Financial Outlay (TFO) of Rs. 800 lakh or more limited to 75% to Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) and 50% to private entrepreneurs as credit linked back ended subsidy.

3. Integrated pack house with 75% subsidy to FPCs on TFO of 50 lakh or more and 50% to private entrepreneurs or maximum of 37.50 lakh whichever is less as credit linked back ended subsidy.

4. Transportation/ 4 wheeler up to TFO of 12 lakh (50%).
5. Refrigerated transport vehicle/ Pre-cooling/ cold stores/ ripening chambers  upto TFO of 25 lakh (75% subsidy to FPC and 50% to private).

6. National Project on Organic Farming :

Under this scheme, assistance up to 25% and 33% of financial outlay up to a ceiling of Rs. 40 lakh and Rs. 60 lakh respectively is provided as back ended  subsidy  through NABARD for establishment of biopesticides /biofertilizer production units and agro waste compost production unit respectively. Government has been advocating integrating use of chemical fertilizers and organic manure including biofertilizers for increasing production of major crops.

7. National Horticulture Mission :

Provide financial assistance for setting up vermicompost production unit on the different rate for  specific measured area to identified benificiaries.

8. Promotion the Use of Biofertilizer :

Central government has notified biofertilizers like Rhizobium, Azotobacter, Azospirillum, Acetobactor under Fertilizers Control Order (FCO).

9. ICAR Contribution in Promoting Organic Farming : 

All India Network Project on Soil Biodiversity-Biofertilizers is implemented by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for research and development (R&D) on biofertilizers.

10. Soil Health Card will provide information to farmers on soil nutrient status of their soil and recommends appropriate dosage of nutrient to be applied for improving soil health and its fertility. Soil health card will be issued every 3 years for all land holdings in the country. Under this scheme, financial assistance is given to State Governments for training of farmers on application of further on soil test basis, amounting to Rs. 24000/- per training.

11. National Centre of Organic Farming, Ghaziabad is organizing the training programmes for farmers in Saansad Adarsh Grams (SAGs) from 2015-16.

12. States Adopting Organic Farming :
* State like Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim have been promoting organic farming. 9 states have drafted organic farming policies. Out of these, four States viz; Uttarakhand, Nagaland, Sikkim and Mizoram have declared their intention to go 100 percent organic.

* Sikkim has achieved its target i.e., 100% organic state in 2015.

* Uttarakhand has declared several districts organic, which means the farmers must undertake only organic farming.

Consumers in many countries willingly pay a premium price for Organic farmed fruits, vegetables and other food products. Organic product enjoy 25 to 30% premium over non organic product in the international market. The items will cover fruits, vegetables, spices and nuts, besides commercial crops under organic farming.

Summary :
Well Known about Organic Farming,
Research on demand-supply chain of Organic products,
Legalise Organic Farming Business,
Profit making business.



References ~
E-book
Ministry of Agriculture
FSSAI