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Economic Impact of Organic Agriculture: Evidence from a Pan-India Survey

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Title Economic Impact of Organic Agriculture: Evidence from a Pan-India Survey
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Creator Anugu Amarender Reddy
Indrek Melts
Geetha Mohan
Ch Radhika Rani
Vaishnavi Pawar
Vikas Singh
Manesh Choubey
Trupti Vashishtha
Suresh, A.
Madhusudan Bhattarai
 
Subject impact assessment
organic farming
natural farming
alternative farming
process analysis
South-Asia
theory of change
 
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The demand for organic foods is increasing worldwide due to health and environmental
benefits. However, there are several unanswered questions, such as: Do organic farmers generate
higher profits? Will the cost of cultivation reduce to compensate for low yields? Can farmers practice
as per the organic agriculture protocols and obtain certification? The literature on organic agriculture
varies widely in terms of profitability, yields and costs of organic products. A few studies have
researched site-specific organic agriculture, but none have compared organic with conventional
agriculture at larger scale in India. The Indian government has promoted organic agriculture since
2015 through its pan-India scheme—Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY). Under this program,
there were 13.9 million certified organic farmers in 29,859 organic clusters, covering 0.59 million
hectares (about 0.4% of the cropped area in India). This study assessed the implementation process of
PKVY and the impact at the farmer level using the Difference-in-Difference approach. An economic
surplus model was employed to observe the macro scale using data from an all-India representative
sample from 576 clusters for the crop year 2017. The results identified that organic farmers experienced
14–19 percent less costs and 12–18 percent lower yields than conventional farmers. The net result is a
marginal increase in profitability compared to traditional agriculture. The economy-wide economic
surplus model indicates that there will be a reduction in producer and consumer surplus due to
reduced crop yields. However, if the shift from conventional to organic is confined to rainfed, hilly
and tribal areas, there will be an increase in both consumer and producer surplus.
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Date 2023-06-09T08:21:16Z
2023-06-09T08:21:16Z
2022-11-14
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Anugu Amarender Reddy, Indrek Melts, Geetha Mohan, Ch Radhika Rani, and Vaishnavi Pawar, Vikas Singh, Manesh Choubey, Trupti Vashishtha and Suresh, A. and Madhusudan Bhattarai (2022) Economic Impact of Organic Agriculture: Evidence from a Pan-India Survey. Sustainability. 14, 15057. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142215057.
2071-1050
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/78198
 
Language English
 
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Publisher MDPI