ORGANIC CULTURE CURRENT SCENARIO
As we all know, Organic farming is a methodology of farming that ensures nature stays clean and rich. In contrast with chemical-pushed agriculture, Organic Farm stems naturally. Research studies have identified around 30% more wildlife and plants near ecological production fields compared to inorganic conventional farming. This is attributed to the reason for less usage of chemicals.
The outbreak of the Pandemic, Covid-19, has transformed the discernment of organic food, with the limelight now on safety and healthy food that is nutritious to build a strong immune system. Yes! A period has evolved where people have started to think about Nutritional Security and not Food Security. No wonder why organic food is now the most sought-after one.
As we all know, Organic farming is a methodology of farming that ensures nature stays clean and rich. In contrast with chemical-pushed agriculture, Organic Farm stems naturally. Research studies have identified around 30% more wildlife and plants near ecological production fields compared to inorganic conventional farming. This is attributed to the reason for less usage of chemicals.
The outbreak of the Pandemic, Covid-19, has transformed the discernment of organic food, with the limelight now on safety and healthy food that is nutritious to build a strong immune system. Yes! A period has evolved where people have started to think about Nutritional Security and not Food Security. No wonder why organic food is now the most sought-after one.
A Birds Eye View into Organic Agriculture Globally.
As said earlier, Organic agriculture is practiced in 187 countries and 72.3 million hectares of agricultural land were managed organically by at least 3.1 million farmers. The most organic agricultural land is in Australia (35.69M hectares) followed by Argentina (3.63M hectares) and Spain (2.35M hectares). There has been an increase in organic agricultural land in all regions. Global organic food and drink sales reached more than 106 billion euros in 2019.
Apart from land dedicated to organic agriculture, there are further areas of organic land dedicated to organic activities. The largest part of these are wild collection areas and areas for livestock and beekeeping. Further non-agricultural areas include aquaculture, forest, and grazing areas. These are equated to 35 million hectares. And all the organic areas together summed up to 107.4 million hectares.
The number of Organic Producers is increasing worldwide and in 2019, 3.1 million organic producers were reported. India continues to be the country with the highest number of producers (13,66,000), followed by Uganda (2,10,000) and Ethiopia (2,04,000).
A Look Into The Present Scenario of Organic Farming.
Organic farming is in the embryonic stage in India. About 2.30 million hectares of farmland were under organic cultivation as of March 2019. This is 2% of the 140.1 million ha net sown area in the country. A few states have taken the lead in improving organic farming coverage as a major part of this area is concentrated only in a handful of states. The top three states — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra — account for about half the area under organic cultivation. The top 10 states account for about 80% of the total area under organic cultivation.
Need For Organic Farming In India.
Organic farming is in the embryonic stage in India. About 2.30 million hectares of farmland were under organic cultivation as of March 2019. This is 2% of the 140.1 million ha net sown area in the country. A few states have taken the lead in improving organic farming coverage as a major part of this area is concentrated only in a handful of states. The top three states — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra — account for about half the area under organic cultivation. The top 10 states account for about 80% of the total area under organic cultivation. The Green Revolution in the year 1960 changed the whole scenario in the field of agriculture, where the farmers were introduced to high-yielding seeds and fertilizers to maintain food security. Increasing productivity ensured profit but ultimately the land was turning barren due to the excessive usage of fertilizers making the soil infertile and pesticides turning the product dangerous to consume.
Let us look into certain reasons for the need for Organic Farming in India –
The organic food industry is rising and is growing very fast, ensuring high profitability.
While food security needs to be addressed with the growing population and decrease in the supply of resources, there is a need to increase production but in a feasible and sustainable manner.
Maintaining a clean and green environment is equally important. Thus environmental sustainability needs to be maintained which can be achieved through organic farming.
The health of people and animals is affected as the consumption of chemically grown food can lead to many diseases such as cancer, infertility, etc due to the toxic residue that remains in the body. Thus the safety of humans and animals is of utmost priority.
The strike of balance between the environment and the livelihood becomes immensely important due to the risks caused by conventional agriculture practices.
As far as the philosophy enriched across the culture of HYZ Agro, the quality of the agriculture inputs plays the biggest role in achieving this aim. With a focused production team backed up by professional and practical agriculturists, HYZ Agro has already set the song, tuned well.
Yes!!! Hyz Agro – Passionately Natural! Fervently Organic!
