Significance of Promotion and Awareness Creation of Organic Certification Procedure by Agricultural Colleges in Meghalaya State

Amit A Shahane* and UK Behera

Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture (CAU-I), Kyrdemkulai, Meghalaya, India

*Corresponding Author: Amit A Shahane, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture (CAU-I), Kyrdemkulai, Meghalaya, India.

Received: August 03, 2022; Published: September 28, 2022

Abstract

The Meghalaya state one among north eastern Hilly state with 56000 ha area under organic farming [1] and a state with least use of agrochemicals. The traditional practices, local varieties, indigenous knowledge and proximity to nature have significant influence on agricultural activity. The factors such as large availability of organic matter through forest litter and seasonal vegetation, high rainfall with least scope for agrochemical based agriculture, subsistence farming, soil constraints (soil acidity, topography and relief), diversified enterprises with prominent place for animal component, availability of organic inputs and promotion of organic farming play a major role in maintaining crop cultivation organic in nature.

References

1. Khurana A and Kumar V. “State of Organic and Natural Farming: Challenges and Possibilities”. Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi (2020): 70.
2. “National Programme on Organic Farming (6^th edition)”. Department of Commerce, Ministry of commerce and industries, Government of India (2005): 226.
3. Handbook on area, production and yield of principal crops in Meghalaya, 2019 (including land use statistics and irrigation statistics), Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Meghalaya, India (2019).

Citation

Citation: Amit A Shahane and UK Behera. “Significance of Promotion and Awareness Creation of Organic Certification Procedure by Agricultural Colleges in Meghalaya State". Acta Scientific Agriculture 6.10 (2022): 56-60.

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