Organic Agriculture

2019 ◽  
pp. 275-293
Author(s):  
Mirela Stoian ◽  
Diana Caprita
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Food Markets ◽  
Viable Solution ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Organic Products ◽  
Certified Organic

Promoting sustainability, including the production and consumption of food, is badly needed nowadays, given the fact that consumers are increasingly concerned about protecting their health, through a thorough verification of food quality. From this perspective, organic food may represent a viable solution for a healthier future. Currently, we are witnessing a substantial increase in the number of countries, organizations, and companies encouraging organic farming, an economic activity that involves environmentally friendly agricultural practices. The main objective of this chapter is to reveal the growing importance of organic farming to the food markets. This research will also focus on presenting a very detailed analysis of the defining elements of organic agriculture, such as the evolution of certified organic surfaces, both contributory and disfavoring factors of the developing organic agriculture, and last but not least, overall outlook for global consumption of certified organic products.

scholarly journals GROWTH OF ORGANIC FOOD INDUSTRY IN INDIA

AGROFOR ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Varghese MANALOOR ◽  
Divyanshu SRIVASTAVA ◽  
Shahidul ISLAM
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Organic Food Industry ◽  
The Cost

The organic food industry in India is in the early stages of growth. Higherdisposable income and greater health awareness have resulted in an increaseddomestic demand for organic food. There is huge premium in selling organicproducts, not only to export markets but also to affluent, health conscious domesticconsumers. India is endowed with an abundance of labour and has diverse agroclimaticregion that is well suited to year round agriculture. It still has strongtraditional agricultural practices. Can India make use of this comparative advantageto introduce sustainable agriculture practices and at the same time improveincomes of small and marginal farmers?On the supply side, small and marginalfarmers realize that there is an opportunity to get higher net incomes even if yieldsare low in organic agriculture. This is because the price of pesticides and chemicalshas increased significantly over the last few decades resulting in a significantincrease in the cost of production. Organic farming cost could be 50% to 60% lesswhen compared to inorganic farming practices.In addition to domestic demandside, globalized markets provide significant opportunities for Indian agriculture tocapture a larger share of the global demand for organic food. This paper analyzesthe growth of the organic food industry in relation to domestic and export demand.We also look at the supply side to determine if organic farming and sustainableagricultural practices could help improve farmers’ income. Finally, this paperanalyses existing policy framework towards organic agriculture and how small andmarginal farmers could possibly benefit in this niche market.

Organic Consumer Behavior- Special reference to cereal /cereal products in the southern part of Tamilnadu.

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 757-767
Author(s):  
J. ELANCHEZHIAN ◽  
Dr. K. KALAICHELVI
Keyword(s):  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Regulatory Mechanism ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Consumer Awareness ◽  
Cereal Products ◽  
Food Standards ◽  
Organic Products ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Government

Consumers’ interest in organic products is increasing globally. As IFOAM 2016 report, only 1.2 % of the land has been utilized in organic agriculture method. The overall organic market has achieved 89.7 billion $ in 2016 in that, & 48.4 a billion in sales accounted for the USA and German alone. Total registered organic producer in the worldwide is 2.7 million in that India is the leading country which has 835,200 organic producers. But many of them are a small farmer, and they had shared 1.49 million hectares only. The Government of India (GOI) and the state governments have taken several steps to improve the regulatory mechanism and frame several schemes to incentivize organic farming. 2017 December, Food Standards and Safety Authority of India (FSSAI) have recognized both the certification systems (NPOP and PGS-India) valid for organic food products. From these steps, GOI has tried to create confidence in the organic products, so that, domestic consumers and export countries can trust Indian organic products. But still, the organic sector in India suffered from some unique characteristic that is the absence of proper branding, package, consumer awareness, purchasing power, and supply chain issues (Agarwal, 2018).

EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC CROP PRODUCTION

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 749-763
Author(s):  
A.V. Shelenok ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Agricultural Crops ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Slow Development ◽  
Organic Products ◽  
The World

The article examines intensive and organic technologies for growing agricultural crops, their impact on the environment, human health, indicates what are the advantages and disadvantages of organic agriculture. It is noted that with intensive technologies for growing agricultural crops, their yield increases, but if the doses of chemicals are not observed, soil fertility is disturbed, the environment is polluted. Devoid of the disadvantages inherent in intensive technologies, organic farming is significantly inferior in productivity to it, due to which it is not able to reach the same production volumes, to ensure a comparable level of domestic consumption, which is demonstrated by traditional farming. The article compares the effectiveness of traditional and organic agronomic farming systems. It is shown that in the case of comparability of yield indicators, traditional technologies at lower selling prices are more effective in terms of profit and profitability indicators. The reasons for the slow development of the organic segment in the agricultural production of Russia are revealed. In this regard, the topic of support for foreign and Russian agricultural producers, including organic products, as well as the underdevelopment of its domestic market is touched upon. It is noted that, in contrast to developed countries, Russia’s share in the world market for organic products is insignificant. Therefore, it is too early to talk about the prospects for the development of organic agriculture in Russia. In the world, organic farming is stimulated, it occupies its own niche, but in all respects it lags far behind the traditional method of growing agricultural products. Its share in the world food market ranges from 2.6 to 3%.

Organic Food Production and Consumption Policies and Strategies

2020 ◽  
pp. 166-179
Author(s):  
José G. Vargas-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Production Distribution ◽  
Organic Products ◽  
Main Factors

This chapter aims to analyze the main factors of the production and consumption of organic products, as well as their policies and strategies. The analysis is based on the premise of the sustainable development of the production, distribution, and consumption systems of organic products that have the potential to improve the quality of life levels of producers, consumers, and society. It is concluded that the production and consumption of organic food is based on a more favorable agriculture of the ecological and the environment, as well as by providing more nutritious and healthy food for consumption.

International trade of organic food: Evidence of US imports

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia Oberholtzer ◽  
Carolyn Dimitri ◽  
Edward C. Jaenicke
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Heckman Model ◽  
Organic Products ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Certified Organic ◽  
Food Sales ◽  
The Impact

AbstractOver the past decade, organic food sales and farmland have grown rapidly worldwide. As the US market for organic food has expanded, anecdotal evidence indicates that imports of organic food have increased. US organic handlers may be importing to meet consumer demand for out-of-season products, as well as products not grown domestically. Handlers may also be importing organic products that are in short supply or to reduce input costs. This paper provides the first examination of imports of organic products into the USA. Data from a national survey of certified organic handlers in 2007 are used to examine the extent, types and origins of imported organic commodities. A Heckman model is employed to investigate the factors that influence an organic handler's decision to import organic products, and the level at which organic handlers import a product. Summary results show that while many of the products being imported into the USA are those that cannot be produced domestically, such as coffee and tropical fruits, some oft-imported commodities are those that can be produced in the USA, such as soybeans, wheat, barley and berries. The summary results also show that organic handlers are procuring almost a half of their imported products from a few countries, including Canada, China, Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia. In the econometric analysis, we found those handlers prioritizing local suppliers negatively affected the facility's decision to import products. The use of a social label, such as Fair Trade, positively affected a handler's decision to import. The size of organic sales was important to both the decision to import and the share imported, with larger firms more likely to import and smaller firms less likely to import. However, once a smaller firm had decided to import, they imported a larger share. Finally, our analysis found that experiencing limited supplies or prioritizing price with suppliers did not influence a handler's decision to import products. Based on the findings, we suggest future research avenues, including studies that address consumer preferences and the impact of increased imports on domestic organic farms.

scholarly journals Nutritional Quality of Organically Grown Food Crops

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayalakshmi Mitnala
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Nutritional Quality ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Food Crops ◽  
Organic Cultivation ◽  
Certified Organic ◽  
Organically Grown ◽  
Organic Produce

In India, with less than 42,000 ha under certified organic farming during 2003-04, the area under organic farming grew by almost 25 fold, during the next 5 years, to 1.2 million ha during 2008-09. Later, however, the area under certified organic farming has fluctuated between 0.78-1.1 million ha. Presently, about 0.7 million ha area is under certified organic cultivation and India ranks 4th in terms of largest areas of organic agricultural land (Willer and Julia, 2016). During 2014-15, India had the largest number of organic producers of about 0.65 million and accounted for 1.35 million tons of certified organic produce. India exported 135 products during 2014-15 with the total volume of 263687 MT. The organic food export realization was around 298 million USD.

scholarly journals DIRECT SALES AS AN EXAMPLE OF A DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL WITHIN THE MAŁOPOLSKIE REGION

2020 ◽  
Vol XXII (1) ◽  
pp. 351-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Wojcieszak-Zbierska ◽  
Małgorzata Bogusz
Keyword(s):  
Organic Food ◽  
Distribution Channel ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Direct Sales ◽  
Organic Products ◽  
Certified Organic ◽  
Interview Questionnaire

The purpose of the study was to attempt to present examples of projects related to direct sales within the Małopolskie Province aimed at selling and promoting certified organic products. Direct sales are one of the best forms of a distribution channel between a food producer and a consumer. Direct contact gives measurable benefits on both sides of this chain, fosters raising the quality of offered products and ecological awareness among consumers. The offer proposed by producers often includes certified organic products. The Małopolskie Province is characterised by high agricultural fragmentation. In order to survive on the market, small farms change the profile of their farms, often to organic plant production. Growing awareness of customers with regard to ecology causes producers to strive to certify their farms. This is certainly connected with quality and food security. The analysis covered two types of projects that are characterised by an innovative approach: the Odrolnika.pl project and Targ Pietruszkowy (Parsley Market) in Cracow. The research tool was an interview questionnaire, and the research method was a case study. The research was conducted among the leaders of both projects in 2018. The Odrolnika.pl project and Targ Pietruszkowy in Cracow are very good examples of direct sales and the promotion of certified organic food with the simultaneous familiarisation of customers with the values of such products. This is possible due to direct contacts of food producers with consumers.

scholarly journals Türkiye’de Organik Tarım

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 2348-2354
Author(s):  
Serpil Tıraşcı ◽  
Ümmügülsüm Erdoğan ◽  
Vecihi Aksakal
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
World Science ◽  
New Production ◽  
Total Import ◽  
Production Methods ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Organic Products ◽  
Agricultural Potential ◽  
Wheat Products

Turkey as well as in the developing world science, technology and the changing rural development and manufacturing approach accordingly with industry, has changed the shape of the realization of agricultural activities. As a result of new production methods, environmental and human health deteriorated and scientists have turned to organic agriculture. Organic farming practices, which started in the 1980s in our country, have improved significantly with the publication of the organic farming regulation in 1994 and the regulation was last regulated in 2018. Our country with conditions favourable for organic agriculture in terms of soil and water resources, climate, variety of products, this study was prepared in order to see how organic agriculture has progressed over the years and at what stage it is today. In 1990, 8 organic products were produced in Turkey with 313 farmers in an area of 1,037 ha. According to the latest data 73,563 farmers have grown 2,371,612 tons of organic products in 626,885 ha organic agriculture area. In addition, the organic product range produced was increased to 213. When we look at the export situation, it is seen that the total export amount is 111,690,675 tons and a significant amount of this export amount is 41.633,896 tons of wheat and wheat products. Looking at the import data, it is known that the total import amount is 175,865,85 tons and the most imported product is soybeans (non-seed) (99,446 tons). Although a significant increase in organic agriculture production has been observed compared to previous years, it is anticipated that this increase may increase even further considering Turkey's agricultural potential.

scholarly journals Sustainable agriculture through organic farming in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-304
Author(s):  
Rajkaranbir Singh
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Export Market ◽  
Chemical Fertilizers ◽  
Climatic Regions ◽  
North East ◽  
Organic Products

Organic products are grown under a system of agriculture without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides with an environmentally and socially responsible approach. Organic agriculture is developing rapidly and today 186 countries produce organic food commercially. Currently, only 1.5 percent of the world’s agricultural land is farmed organically. The status of organic farming in India is bestowed with lot of potential to produce all varieties of organic products due to its various agro climatic regions. In several parts of the country, the inherited tradition of organic farming is an added advantage. This holds promise for the organic producers to tap the market which is growing steadily in the domestic market related to the export market. India ranks 9th in terms of World’s organic agricultural land and 1st in terms of total number of producers. The popularity of organic food is growing dramatically as consumer seeks the organic foods that are thought to be healthier and safer. As per the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoAFW), 2.78 million ha was covered under organic farming in India which is about 2 per cent of the 140.1 million ha net sown area in the country. Of this, 1.94 million ha (70%) area is under National Project on Organic Farming NPOP, 0.59 million ha (21.5%) under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), 0.07 million ha (2.6 %) under Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region (MOVCDNER) and 0.17 million ha (6.1% ) under state schemes or non-schemes. The certified organic production for all crop categories stood at 2.6 million metric tons.in 2018-19. Sugar crops (sugarcane), oilseeds, cereals and millets, fiber crops, pulses, medicinal, herbal and aromatic plants, and spices/condiments are the highest produced organic commodities in India. However, the Indian organic food industry is curtailed by multiple challenges including reduced farm production per hectare, a general apprehension among farmers to forego the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and higher storage and transportation costs due to the lack of preservatives required for long-term storage. The states should step up their action in a concerted way to promote organic and natural farming. States can play an instrumental role in helping farmers sell their organic and natural produce by developing organic value chains, procuring organic produce and helping farmers get remunerative prices.

scholarly journals AS NOVAS ALTERNATIVAS RURAIS NA QUARTA COLÔNIA, RS, Brasil: um estudo sobre a agricultura de base agroecológica e a agricultura orgânica

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Vanessa Manfio ◽  
Vinício Luís Pierozan
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis

THE NEW RURAL ALTERNATIVES IN QUARTA COLÔNIA, RS, Brazil: a study on the agroecological and organic agricultureLAS NUEVAS ALTERNATIVAS RURALES EN LA QUARTA COLONIA, RS, Brasil: un estudio acerca de la agricultura de base agroecológica y la agricultura orgánicaNeste artigo, foram discutidos os resultados referentes ao estudo de práticas agrícolas, de base agroecológica e orgânica de mercado, realizado nos municípios de Dona Francisca, Agudo e Nova Palma, pertencentes à Quarta Colônia - região localizada no centro do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Este trabalho tem como objetivo central a análise a respeito da produção de alimentos orgânicos e agroecológicos na região, utilizando a abordagem qualitativa para o direcionamento da coleta de dados e da análise dos resultados. O artigo encontra-se estruturado em duas partes. A primeira é composta pela revisão de literatura, em que apresentamos e desenvolvemos os conceitos de agricultura agroecológica, ecológica e orgânica. A segunda parte aborda experiências de agricultura de base agroecológica e orgânica. Ambas as discussões levarão à construção das considerações finais, destacando as suas particularidades em relação ao desenvolvimento rural em âmbito local/regional.Palavras-chave: Agricultura de Base Agroecológica; Agricultura Orgânica; Quarta Colônia.ABSTRACTIn this paper will be discussed the outcomes from the study of agroecological and organic market agricultural practices conducted in the counties of Dona Francisca, Agudo and Nova Palma, belonging to Quarta Colônia – a region located in the center of the Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil. The main goal of this work is to analyze the production of organic and agroecological foods in this region, using the qualitative approach to guide the data collection and analysis of the results. The paper is structured in two parts. The first one is composed by the literature review, in which we present and develop the concepts of agroecological, ecological and organic agriculture. The second part addresses the agroecological and organic farming experiences. Both discussions will lead to the disclosure of the final considerations, highlighting their particularities regarding to the rural development at the local / regional level.Keywords: Agroecological Based Agriculture; Organic Agriculture; Quarta Colônia. RESUMENEn este artículo, serán discutidos los resultados en que se refiere al estudio de prácticas agrícolas de base agroecológica y orgánica de mercado, realizado en los municipios de Dona Francisca, Agudo e Nova Palma, pertenecientes a la Quarta Colônia – región ubicada en el centro del Estado de Rio Grande do Sul, en Brasil. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo central el análisis acerca de la producción de alimentos orgánicos y agroecológicos en la región, utilizando el abordaje cualitativo para el direccionamiento de la recolección de datos y del análisis de los resultados. El artículo se estructura en dos partes. La primera está compuesta por la revisión de literatura, en la que presentamos y desarrollamos los conceptos de agricultura agroecológica, ecológica y orgánica. La segunda parte aborda experiencias de agricultura de base agroecológica y orgánica. Ambas discusiones llevarán a la construcción de las consideraciones finales, destacando sus particularidades en relación al desarrollo rural a nivel local / regional.Palabras clave: Agricultura de Base Agroecológica; Agricultura Orgánica; Quarta Colônia.

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