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ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL OF ORGANIC FARMING AMONG THE GROWER GROUPS IN ODISHA

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Title ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL OF ORGANIC FARMING AMONG THE GROWER GROUPS IN ODISHA
 
Creator Babu, G.Santosh
 
Contributor Behera, D.B
 
Subject POTENTIAL, ORGANIC FARMING, GROWER GROUPS,ODISHA--
 
Description Organic farming systems have attracted increasing attention over the last few years because they are perceived to offer some solutions to the problems currently besetting the agricultural sector. Organic farming has the potential to provide benefits in terms of environmental protection, conservation of non-renewable resources and improved food quality. Odisha has lot of potential to produce all varieties of organic products due to its diverse agro-climatic regions. In several parts of the state, the inherited tradition of organic farming is an added advantage. This holds promise for the organic producers to tap the market which is growing steadily in the domestic market. There is great opportunity on the part of the organic producers to link their product to export market. In Odisha, the land under organic certification is around 52787.35 ha. But, there is considerable latent interest among farmers in adopting organic farming. However, some farmers are reluctant to switch from conventional to organic because of the perceived high costs and risks involved in organic farming. Despite the attention which has been paid to organic farming over the last few years, very little accessible information actually exists on the costs and returns of organic farming in Odisha.
So, the present paper focuses mainly on the potentiality of organic farming in replacing the conventional farming. Organic farming is the only way farmers can escape from the vicious cycle of debt and a negative economy. It is also necessary from the point of view of small producers. Organic farming is a food system that raises income and increases food and food safety at both ends. It is one in which the environment is preserved, farmers and workers have fair access to the means of food production while receiving a fair return for their labour and consumers have their food free from chemical residues. Several studies reported that if all the outputs and all the inputs are taken into account, organic farming which relies on internal inputs has higher productivity than external input chemical agriculture. Keeping these potentials in mind, farmers in various districts of Odisha have started practicing organic farming but at the same time they are facing several constraints. So the efforts from various players like policy makers, researchers, extension workers, farmer representatives, input suppliers, marketing personnel and consumers are needed to promote organic farming in a big way to tackle the present agrarian crisis.
 
Date 2017-01-19T16:00:24Z
2017-01-19T16:00:24Z
2015
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/97171
 
Language en
 
Relation Th;4319