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NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION

Agricultural and Processed Food ProductsExport Development Authority (APEDA)

Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of IndiaNew Delhi

Dr. Saswati Bose

Status of Organic Certification in India -2013-14

Area under organic Certification: 4.72 m ha

Cultivated Area: 0. 72 mha

Forest Area: 4.00 m ha

Organic Certified Production: 1.24 million MT

Cultivable Production: 1.23 m MT

Wild Collection: 0.01 m MT

India Organic Exports 2013-14

• Quantity Exported: 194087 MT

Food: 177765 MT

Textiles: 16322 MTIncrease over previous year: 17.4 %

• Value of Exports: 2428 Crores RupeesFood exports: 1328 Crores

Textiles: 1100 CroresIncrease over previous year: 15.28 %

In USD : 403.09 Million USDIncrease over previous year: 7.74 %

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Global Scenario Present global food market : 63.8 billion USD India’s total export of organic agricultural

products (2013-14): 220.47 million USD

India’s share in the global food market : 0.35 %

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Top Ten Export DestinationEUROPEAN UNION

U.S.A.

CANADA

SWITZERLAND

BANGALADESH

JAPAN

U.A.E.

MALAYSIA

AUSTRALIA

NEWZEALAND

Major Products Exported Tea Pulses Sugar Basmati Rice Oilseeds (Sesame, Soyabean) Spices Cotton Medicinal Plants Processed Food Dry Fruits

Organic Certification Organic certification system is a quality

assurance initiative, intended to assure quality, prevent fraud and promote commerce, based on set of standards and ethics.

It is a process certification for producers of organic food and other organic products

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Why CertificationThird party assurance from producer to

the consumerFor uniform label Assurance to the consumers that its

concern for healthy food has been addressed.

Effective marketing tool for Image, credibility, visibility/ Transparency

The 4 To Organic Certification

NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION (NPOP)

Implementation of the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP)

To provide a focused and well directed development of organic agriculture and quality products, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, launched the National Program on Organic Production (NPOP) in the year 2000, which was formally notified in October 2001 under the Foreign Trade & Development Act (FTDR Act).

NPOP provides information on standards for organic production, systems, criteria, and procedures for accreditation of Inspection and Certification bodies, the national organic logo and the regulations governing its use.

The standards and procedures have been formulated in harmony with international standards such as those of Codex and IFOAM.

NPOP is implemented under AGMARK by Ministry of Agriculture for the domestic market (voluntary).

Recognition of NPOP Standards The NPOP standards for production and

accreditation system have been recognized by European Commission*and Switzerland* as equivalent to their country standards.

USDA has recognized NPOP conformity assessment procedures of accreditation as equivalent to that of US.

With these recognitions, Indian organic products duly certified by the accredited certification bodies of India are accepted by the importing countries.

*Processed products are at present not covered under the equivalency agreement with EU and Switzerland

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PRESENT CATEGORIES

• Cultivated Crops

• Wild Collection

• Processed food products (single/multi ingredients)

• Chain of custody (traders, storage, transport, export)

NEW CATEGORIES (standards are in the process for notification under NPOP)

• Aquaculture,

• Livestock

• Textiles

SCOPE OF CERTIFICATION

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Role Of APEDA Under NPOP

Implementation of NPOP

Evaluation, accreditation , surveillance and monitoring of Certification bodies

Organic traceability through web based electronic traceability system -Tracenet

Review of National Standards and Amendments

Establish equivalency with the importing countries

Training and capacity building of Stakeholders

Export Promotion

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MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS

Progressive farmers / NGOs implementing Grower Groups

MoC – APEDA implementing NPOP

MoA – NCOF ( promotion)

DMI/FSSAI(domestic market)

States Governments promoting organic farming under RKVY, NHM and NCOF schemes of MOA

Organic Industry

Organic Stakeholder’s under NPOP

Certification Bodies -26 No. of Certified Operators -4346 No. of individual operators - 2109   Producers 971 Processor 682 Trader/Exporter 693   No. of Grower Groups- 2237 No. of farmers – 5.91lakhs Wild operators 63 Total wild collectors: 143610

Organic Product Range

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Organic Product Range

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