India forces itself onto European organic market

Source: freshplaza.com
By Gerard Lindhout

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India has ambitious objectives: The country wants to increase its organic export from 375 million US dollars to 1 billion dollars within a period of four years. The government will be assisted in this by countless small growers, who in this country have already produced 'organically'.

"For the Indian agriculture it is rather easy to produce organically, as we already have a rich history of organic production behind us" an expert of the Indian export authority APEDA says. In the meantime India has more than 4.4 million HA of certified soil at its disposal. This area also has wilderness areas and large forests. In the fields especially rice, soya beans, herbs and tea are grown. But cotton as well. India has overtaken Turkey as the world's largest producer of organic cotton.

In no other country in the world are there so many certified organic growers as in India with between 400 and 500, as is clear from data published by the international federation of organic agricultural organisations IFOAM. The small growers produce about 95% of the products, which will be exported. The most important customers are: Europe with 40% followed by the US and Canada. The Indian organic branch is proud that the Indian organic certified products are also recognised as organic by the EU.

Tip: OrganicPortal India - Organic Agriculture

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22.02.2012

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