Organic farming for sustainable development in Manipur
Green
Foundation
The Green Foundation is a Service Provider of Organic Farming under National Centre of Organic Farming, Ministry of Agriculture (DAC), Government of India, Ghaziabad. As a Service provider we have mobilized 1500 farmers covering 534 ha of cultivable land in Henglep Subdivision of Churachandpur District, Manipur for registration to and phase-wise Organic Certification by OneCert Asia Agri Certification (P) Ltd., Jaipur, India.
So far, all documentation, necessary inspection and procedures have been completed to 303 farmers covering more than 350 ha growing various cash crops mainly ginger, turmeric, passion fruit, pine apple, chili, Banana, Patchouli, tapioca, bamboo-shoot, etc., for Organic Certification in December 2007
Organic Farming by Tradition in Manipur
Sustainable agriculture is a set of farming practices, which can continue to maintain the farm productivity, efficiency and profitability in the long run, without depleting the natural resources and environment. The ills of Green Revolution Technology (GRT) have although deteriorated soils and systems in some areas but have not yet achieved a proportion of serious threat and we have enough of time at our disposal to initiate corrective measures.
The Valley area of the state (10% of the total geographical area) has recorded the least consumption of chemical fertilizers in agriculture and horticulture farming while negligible consumption in hilly areas (90% of the total geographical area). In fact, the farmers of Manipur are basically organic farmers by tradition.
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