India ranks first in number of organic farmers and ninth in terms of area under organic farming.
Sikkim became the first State in the world to become fully organic.
North East India has traditionally been organic with very less consumption of chemicals.
Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region (MOVCD) and Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) were launched in 2015 to encourage chemical free farming.
MOVCD is a Central Sector Scheme, launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
It is implemented in all 8 North-Eastern states (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura).
PKVY is an extended component of Soil Health Management under Centrally Sponsored National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).
It was aimed for assisting farmers to adopt organic farming and improve remunerations due to premium prices.
The major organic exports from India are flax seeds, sesame, soybean, tea, medicinal plants, rice and pulses.
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