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Schemes for Organic Farming

India ranks first in number of organic farmers and ninth in terms of area under organic farming. Sikkim became the first State in the world to become fully organic and other States including Tripura and Uttarakhand have set similar targets.

With the aim of assisting farmers to adopt organic farming and improve remunerations due to premium prices, two dedicated programs namely Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region (MOVCD) and Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) were launched in 2015 to encourage chemical free farming.

About 40,000 clusters are being assisted under PKVY covering an area of about 7 lakh ha. MOVCD has brought in its fold 160 FPOs cultivating about 80,000 ha.

Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna (PKVY)

"Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)” a sub- component of Soil Health Management (SHM) scheme under National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) aims at development of models of excellence in organic farming through a mix of traditional wisdom and modern science in value chain mode to install sustainability, ensure long term soil fertility buildup, resource conservation and to offer safe and healthy food grown through organic practices without the use of agro- chemicals. PKVY also aims at empowering farmers through institutional development through clusters for not only in farm practices management, input production, quality assurance but also in value addition and direct marketing through innovative means. Participatory Guarantee System under PGS-India programme will be the key approach for quality assurance under the PKVY.

To access the guidelines of PKVY, click here.

Organic Area Selection Criteria

  • Organic farming under PKVY will be promoted preferably in hilly, tribal and rain-fed areas where utilization of chemical fertilizers and pesticides is less and the area has good accessibility for developing market linkages.
  • Cluster approach will be adopted in large patches of up to 1000 ha area.
  • Cluster chosen shall be in contiguous patch, as far as possible, may be extending over few adjacent villages (but not over large areas in sparsely distributed villages).
  • Formation of Gram Panchayat based Farmer Producer Organizations will be encouraged or already existing FPOs will be promoted under the scheme
  • The ceiling of subsidy a farmer is eligible will be for a maximum of one hectare. In a cluster, there should be at least 65% of small and marginal farmers. Women farmers/ SHGs should be given preference

What to do?

  1. Promote Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) for different crop/cropping system suitable to agroclimatic conditions.
  2. In organic farming use more bio-chemicals, bio-pesticides and bio-fertilizers.

What You Can Get?

S.no Component Pattern of assistance/ha

Total financial assistance per

cluster of 1000 ha each Rs in lakh

Total financial
assistance
per ha for 3 years
Total financial
assistance per group of 20 ha for 3 year
 
1st year
2nd
year
3rd
year
A. Programme implementation through Service providers/states
1.
Cluster formation and Capacity building including exposure visits and trainings of field
functionaries
1000 500 500 2000
40,000
20.00
2.
Deployment of manpower
and management cost for
implementation of programme
including data management
and uploading
1000 1000 1000 3000 60000
30.00
B. PGS Certification through Regional Councils/ Zonal councils
3.
Service charges to RCs
for physical verification,
certification endorsement and
certificate issue
500 500 500 1500
30,000
15.00
4.
Residue analysis through
NCOF/RCOFs / state
Departments in NABL
accredited laboratories @ 2
samples/group from 2nd year
0
100
100
200 4000 2.00
C. Incentive to farmers through DBT
5.
Incentive to farmers for
organic conversion, inputs,
on-farm input infrastructure to
be provided as DBT for direct
farmers account
12500 10000 10000 32500 650000 325.00
D. Value addition, marketing and publicity
6.
Support for marketing,
common packaging, branding,
space rent, transport etc
  500 1000 1500 30000 15.00
7.
Value addition infrastructure
creation through FPC/FPO
case to case basis*
0 1000 1000 2000 40000

20.00

8.
Brand building, trade fairs, exhibitions, local publicity,
organic fairs/ melas, local
marketing initiatives,
participation in national trade fairs
2000 2000 2000 6000 120000 60.00
9.
Consultation /Services with
lead Farmers (Venue and dates
to be decided by INM division
DAC&FW )
300 500 500 1300 26000 13.00
  Total 17300 16100 16600 50000 10,00,000 500.00

Note:-Rs 487.00 lakh per cluster of 1000 ha each

* Proposals regarding Value addition infrastructure creation through FPC/FPO would be considered separately on case to case basis.

Whom to Contact?

At the state level : Director (Horticulture/ Agriculture) of States.

At District level : District Horticulture Officers, District Agricultural Officers/Project Director of States

Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region

North East India has traditionally been organic and the consumption of chemicals is far less than rest of the country

Guidelines

Realizing the potential of organic farming in the North Eastern Region of the country Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare has launched a Central Sector Scheme entitled "Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region" for implementation in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, during the 12th plan period. The scheme aims at development of certified organic production in a value chain mode to link growers with consumers and to support the development of entire value chain starting from inputs, seeds, certification, the creation of facilities for collection, aggregation, processing marketing and brand building initiative.

To access the guidelines of MOVCDNER, click here.

Mission Goals

  1. To create at least one to two replicable end- to-end organic value chain models in each of the state with the integration of growers, handlers,processors, and market facilitation agencies.
  2. To empower 30-50 thousand farmers of northeastern region through the creation of about 100 farmer producer companies and equip such companies with full value chain under its ownership.
  3. To convert subsistence farming to commercial organic farming with end-to-end facilities.
  4. To make Northeastern states as major suppliers of organic commodities for national and international markets.
  5. To improve production system to ensure higher productivity with better profitability.
  6. To enable states to evolve their own brand.

Salient features

  1. Realising the potential of organic farming in North Eastern Region of the country Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has launched this Central Sector Scheme.
  2. Department promotes organic farming in North Eastern States
  3. North Eastern States of India will develop as organic hub of India.
  4. Farmers Interest Group (FIG)/ Farmers Producer Companies (FPCs) will be equipped with collection, aggregation, post harvest process and linking with market facilities.
  5. 50,000 farmers will be benefitted through value chain production, processing, marketing and value chain support agencies.
  6. To enable NE Region to evolve their own brand of organic produce.
  7. Extremely rich Bio-diversity, valued options for wide range of crops to explore.

Essential scheme components for value chain development with the final aim to develop commercial organic farming clusters with end-to-end facilitates from production to processing marketing and finally delivering to the customer.

What you can get?

S. No Component Rate (Rs.) First Year Second Year
Third Year
Total
1   1000 physical Financial physical Financial physical Financial physical Financial
A. A. Value chain Production
A1. Development of Organic Production Clusters
       
A.1.1.
Clusters development
and formation of Farmer
producer Companies, as
per SFAC norms. For 100
FPCs each comprising of
500 farmers @ Rs. 20.375
lakh/FPC
4075/- per
farmer.
40 815.00 40 815.00 20 407.50 100 2037.50
A.1.2
Assistance for on-farm
input production
infrastructure (@ Rs
3750/ha) and off-farm
inputs (@ Rs 3750/ha)
7500/ ha
x2
=15000/ha
25000
ha
3750.00
25000
ha
3750.00 0 0
50000 ha
7500.00
A.1.3
Assistance for quality
seed and planting
material (50% of
maximum 35000/ha
limited to the actual cost
as per crop)
17500 per
ha
20000
ha
3500.00
20000
ha
3500.00
10000 1750
50000 ha
8750.00
A.2 Support for extension services, input facilitation, training, hand holding and certification
A.2.1
Assistance for setting
up of input delivery,
distribution and agri-
machinery custom
hiring centre through
state lead agencies
10 lakh/
FPO
20 200.00 40 400.00 40 400.00 100 1000.00
A.2.2
Support and extension
services for training,
hand holding and
certification at
production stage
    0   0   0   0
A.2.3
Training, hand holding,
ICS management,
documentation and
certification of crop
production through
service providers (As per
MIDH)
10,000/-
per
ha
10000
ha
1000.00
22000
ha
2200.00
18000 ha
1800.00
50000 ha
5000.00
B. Value/Chain processing
B1. Value Chain Post harvest - Setting up of collection, aggregation, grading facilities
B.1.1
Setting up of functional
infrastructure for
collection, aggregation,
grading units and NE
organic Bazaar @ Rs. 15
lakh (75% subsidy)
11.25 lakh
60 675.00 60 675.00 55 618.75 175No 1968.75
B2. Setting up of value addition and processing units including packaging, storage and transportation
B.2.1
Financial assistance for
setting up of integrated
processing units with
TFO of Rs. 800 lakh or
more limited to 75% to
FPCs and 50% to private
as credit linked back
ended subsidy
600.00
lakh
1 600.00 1 600.00 8 4800.00 10No 6000.00
B.3 Value/chain packaging, storage and transportation
B.3.1
Integrated pack house
75% subsidy to FPCs on
TFO of 50 lakh or more
and 50% to private
limited to 37.50 lakh
37.50
lakh
4 150.00 8No 300.00 8No 300.00 20 750.00
B.3.2
Transportation/ 4
wheeler up to TFO of 12
lakh (50%)
6.00 lakh/
FPC.
Need
based
5 30.00 10 60.00 10 60.00 25 150.00
B.3.3.1
Refrigerated transport
vehicle up to TFO of 25
lakh (75% subsidy to FPC and 50% to private)
18.75
lakh
5 93.75 5 93.75 6 112.5 16 300.00
B.3.3.2
Pre-cooling/ cold stores/
ripening chambers. FPOs
18.75
lakh
4 75.00 5
93.75
7 131.25 16 300.00
C. Value chain Marketing – Branding, labelling, certification, quality control, retail outlets, awareness and publicity through lead agencies
C.1
Branding, labelling,
packaging, publicity
and certification of
processing units etc (LS)
As per
proposal,
Need to
be
ascertained
0 400.00 Ls 450.00 Ls 250.00 8 1100.00
C.2
Seminars/ conferences,
workshops, Buyer-
seller meets, Auction
meetings, festivals.
As per
proposal,
Need to be
ascertained
0 100.00 Ls 100.00 Ls 200.00 8 400.00
C.3
Consumer awareness
Information
dissemination through
publicity, printed
literature films and local
advertisements
As per
proposal,
Need to
be ascertained
0 200.00 Ls 100.00 Ls 100.00 Ls 400.00
C.4
Hiring of space in prime
markets
Hiring of space in prime
markets
- 2000.00 - 200.000 - 200.00 8States 600.00
D.
Value Chain Support
D1.
Setting up of Lead
agency/Organic
Commodity Board/
Organic Mission for
scheme implementation
and market facilitation.
To be set up at state
level
  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D.1.1
Staff, Manpower, Travel
and contingencies,
Institutional
strengthening and hire/
purchase of machinery
and equipments
5% of total
scheme
budget
8No 400.00 8No 800.00 8No 800.00 8No 2000.00
D.1.2
Setting up of organic
certification bodies.
One time assistance
will be provided for
hiring consultants for
preparation of operating
manuals, training and
exposure of manpower
and facilitating
institutional set up.
Cost of manpower to be borne by the state.
    200.00 - 200.00 - 100.00 - 500.00
D2.
Project Management Unit at National Level *
D.2.1
Technical support group
at national level for
hiring, professionals/
experts/staff/ Advisors/
Travel etc
0.5% of
total
budget
0 11.25 0 88.75   100.00   200.00
D.2.2
Any other innovative
requirement not covered
under the scheme and
also can not be met
from other schemes
including information
and knowledge system
having traceability
platform at Mission
Headquarter
    100.00   573.75   300.00   1043.75
 
Grand total
    12500   15000   12500   40000

Whom to Contact?

At the state level :Director (Horticulture/ Agriculture) of North Eastern States.

At District level :District Horticulture Officers, District Agricultural Officers/Project Director of North Eastern States.

Source: Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare

Last Modified : 7/30/2024



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