Sustainable development has caught the imagination and action all over the world for more than a decade. Sustainable agriculture is necessary to attain the goal of sustainable development. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), sustainable agriculture “is the successful management of resources for agriculture to satisfy changing human needs while maintaining or enhancing the quality of environment and conserving natural resources”. All definitions of sustainable agriculture lay great emphasis on maintaining an agriculture growth rate, which can meet the demand for food of all living things without draining the basic resources. Organic farming is one of the several approaches found to meet the objectives of sustainable agriculture. Many techniques used in organic farming like inter-cropping, mulching and integration of crops and livestock are not alien to various agriculture systems including the traditional agriculture practiced in old countries like India. However, organic farming is based on various laws and certification programmes, which prohibit the use of almost all synthetic inputs, and health of the soil is recognised as the central theme of the method.
Intervention completed in this sector are as followed:
| S. N. |
Location |
Area / Farmers |
Project Cost |
| 1 |
Rampur Block, District Shimla HP |
300 hac. (500 Farmers) |
26 Lac |
| 2 |
Shillai, Pachhad &; Sangrah Block, District Sirmour HP |
325 Hac (500 Farmers) |
60 Lac |
|
We are supporting farmers to adopt the “Package of Practices” developed for organic farming and working to develop a network where farmers meets buyers.
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