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Constraints of Organic Farming in India
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Marketing of organic farming produce is the main problem for organic growers.
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The lack of awareness among people (customers/buyers) is the main hurdle in selling organic products.
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Further the cost of the organic products is high which only the elite and foreigners can afford. Moreover peoples should verify the organically certified produces before buying.
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Organic growers are not in a position to spend money towards the organic certification
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Lack of organic sale units.
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The organic marketing in most of the countries is still relatively small and on an average it is less than half a percent of the total agricultural sector except in Germany and Austria, where 2-3 per cent of their agriculture area is under organic production.
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There are number of firms in India, which grow vegetables, fruits, plantation crops, spices and tea organically and export to various countries. Usually farmers associated with big exporters do not have to worry about the sale of their products and their certification, small and marginal farmers are a harrowed lot.
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Several institutions and movements are making concerted efforts to promote organic agriculture in India and to bring changes in the policies favoring ecological agriculture. In June, 2001, the Director General of foreign trade issued a notification declaring the export of an agricultural product as organic would be permitted only if it was produced, processed and packed under a valid organic certificate issued by a certifying agency duly accredited by either APEDA, coffee board, spices board and tea board.
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