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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