Organic farming acreage rises to 27.7 lakh hectares


Date & Time: 2019-07-18 10:44:35

  The total area under organic farming in the country has gone up by 20 per cent to 27.7 lakh hectares (lh) till date This includes 10.97 lh already declared organic under the National Programme for Organic Produce (NPOP), 8.41 lh under conversion, 5.98 lh under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana ad 0.639 lh covered under Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER)  Madhya Pradesh with 7.55 lh under organic farming, or in the process of becoming organic, tops the list among the States.followed by  by Rajasthan with 4.11 lh under organic farming or conversion.