As we all know, Organic farming is a methodology of farming which ensures that nature stays clean and rich. In contrast with chemical pushed agriculture, Organic Farm stems natural. 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 of less usage of chemicals

The outbreak of the Pandemic, Covid-19 has transformed the discernment of organic food, with limelight now on safety and healthy food that is nutritious to build a strong immune system. Yes, a period has evolved where peoples have started to think about Nutritional Security and not of Food Security. No wonder why organic food is now the most sought after one.

Organic food have observed an uptake since the onset of pandemic. Organically grown foods generally contain higher levels of antioxidants, beneficial micronutrients, absence of harmful chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers, better taste and organically grown produce aids in the sustainability of the planet and in maintaining ecological balance.

According to The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL survey 2021 India holds a unique position among 187 countries practicing organic agriculture as India is home to 30% of total organic producers in the world having 2.30 million ha.

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 (35.69 m hectares) followed by Argentina (3.63 m hectares) and the Spain (2.35 m hectares). There has been an increase in organic agricultural land in all regions. The global sales of organic food and drink 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 is wild collection areas and areas for livestock and beekeeping. Further non-agricultural areas include aquaculture, forest and grazing areas. These are totaled 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 in India

Organic farming is in a embryonic stage in India. About 2.30 million hectares of farmland was under organic cultivation as of March 2019. This is two per cent 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 per cent of the total area under organic cultivation.

Need for Organic Farming in India

The Green Revolution in the year 1960 have 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 of the 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 decreasing supply of resources there is a need to increase the 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.
• There needs to be an improvement in the health as the consumption can lead to many diseases such as cancer, infertility which happens when the toxic residue remains in the body, thus the safety of humans and animals are 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 is that, Quality of the Agriculture Inputs plays the biggest role in achieving in this aim. With a focussed production team backed up by professional and practical agriculturists, HYZ Agro have already set the song, tuned well.

Yes !!! Hyz Agro – Passionately Natural ! Fervently Organic !