FIRST ORGANIC STATE - SIKKIM

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WHAT’S A ORGANIC STATE?

  A state in which no artificial fertilizers or chemicals used for practicing agriculture. All the manures and nutrients required for plants are obtained naturally.

ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF ORGANIC STATE

·        Land quality improvement

·        Reducing pollution.

·        Sustains ecological environment

ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF ORGANIC STATE

·        Health savings.

·        Economic demands for organic food

·         Increasing income of farmers.


SIKKIM

 


In January 2016 PM Narendra Modi declared Sikkim India’s  first fully organic state. The efforts of north eastern states  towards achieving sustainable goals have been rewared by United Nations. The state have been awarded with “ Oscars for best policies”conferred by the  Food and Agriculture Organisation for promoting agro ecological and sustainbale food sytems . Sikkim beats 51 other nominees from 25 different countries of the world to win the Future Policy Award 2018.

 

The process of converting Sikkim into a 100 per cent organic state was fast-tracked in 2010 with the launch of the Sikkim Organic Mission

  • 2003 - Sikkim begins discouraging use of chemical fertilisers, reduces fertiliser subsidy by 10 per cent. The Sikkim Organic Board is constituted.
  • 2003-2009 - State adopts 396 villages as bio-villages to test organic inputs.
  • 2006-2009 - About 8,000 ha of land is certified as organic. Eight units of vermi-culture hatcheries are established in five state farms and three Krishi Vigyan Kendras.
  • 2008-09 - Ginger processing unit is established at Birdang Farm, West Sikkim. Ginger is one of the four high-value crops selected by Sikkim for its trade potential.
  • 2010 - Sikkim Organic Mission is launched to fast-track conversion of Sikkim into a 100 per cent organic state
  • 2010-11 - More than 18,234 ha of land is certified. Automated greenhouses are established for production of disease-free quality planting material.
  • 2011-12 - 19,216 ha land is certified.
  • 2012-13 - 19,188 ha land is certified. `Organic farming' is included in school curriculum
  • 2015 - Entire agricultural area in the state is converted to `certified organic'.
  • 2016 - Sikkim is formally declared a `100 per cent organic' state.

 



 

 

 

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