New Delhi, 6 October (). According to government data released on Monday, as India is moving towards the next phase of agriculture change, the traditional agricultural development scheme (PKVY) has converted organic farming into a mainstream agriculture movement. In this sequence, Rs 2,265.86 crore has been released under PKVY till January 30 this year.
About 205.46 crore rupees were released for PKVY under the National Agricultural Development Scheme (RKVY) in FY 2024-25.
According to the data, organic farming is being done on about 1.5 million hectares of land, 52,289 clusters have been created and by February this year 25.30 lakh farmers have benefited from it. Work is going on in an area of 1.26 lakh hectares adopted in 2023-24; In 2024-25, 1.98 lakh hectares of new area has been placed under three-year conversion.
In 2023-24, 50,279 hectares of land in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh and 4,000 hectares in West Bengal have been adopted under the Large Area Certification Program.
According to the data, 9,268 FPOs were registered under the Central Area Scheme under the formation and promotion of 10,000 FPOs by 31 December 2024. Car Nicobar and Nanakori Island have 14,491 hectares of land under LAC.
A total of 2,700 hectares of arable land in Lakshadweep is now certified organic. About 60,000 hectares of land in Sikkim was given assistance of Rs 96.39 lakh under LAC; Now Sikkim is the only 100 percent organic state in the world under LAC.
By December 2024, 6.23 lakh farmers, 19,016 local groups, 89 input suppliers and 8,676 buyers were registered on the ‘Organic Farming’ portal.
According to the government, in the last decade, PKVY has become the cornerstone of India’s organic farming movement.
It has provided farmers an organized platform to adopt environmentally friendly practices, obtain organic certification and join markets that reward sustainable production.
Under PKVY, farmers adopting organic farming are being given assistance of Rs 31,500 per hectare for a period of three years.
According to the Center, the basic basis of PKVY is the cluster approach. Farmers are collectively organized in groups of 20-20 hectares to adopt organic farming methods. This model not only ensures uniform standards, but also reduces costs by encouraging resource-sharing.
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