Organic Farming
Q. Government is promoting organic farming across the country under which of the following schemes?
1) National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture
2) Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
3) Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
4) National Food Security Mission- Published on 03 May 16a. 1, 3, 4
b. 1, 2, 4
c. 1, 2, 3
d. All of the above
ANSWER: All of the above
- Government is promoting organic farming across the country under various Central Sector Schemes viz. National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) and Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), National Mission on Oil Seeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP), National Food Security Mission (NFSM) and Network Project on Organic Farming Under ICAR etc.
- Cost of organic agriculture largely depends on on-farm generation of inputs. When on-farm organic inputs are used, cost of production per unit area is less than by 13% under organic agriculture than inorganic management. However, if organic inputs from outside the farm are purchased and utilized, the cost of production increases by about 15-20% depending on the nature of inputs used. Integrated Organic Farming System (IOFS) models being developed under NPOF promises to meet 70-80% of organic inputs within the farm thus reducing the market input cost considerably.
