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Subject: Agricultural Economics × Author: Bisht, Neelam × End date: 2024 × Start date: 2020 × Type: Thesis ×
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    An economic analysis of organic farming in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2021-10) Bisht, Neelam; Chandra Dev
    Organic term is used to mean “healthful” or “close to nature”. It can also be described as crops grown without using any artificial chemicals. Organic farming is a technique in which crop cultivation is done in natural ways without using agrochemicals. Organic agriculture is practiced more than 180 countries of the world. Among all the countries, Australia has the largest organic agricultural land. India stands in first position in terms of highest increase of organic land (3,61,002 ha) in 2019 and contributes 30% of total organic producers in the world. Uttarakhand is one of the states of India leading in organic farming, having predominance of mostly traditional integrated crop livestock farming closed to organic system including relatively unpolluted ecosystem. This study was conducted in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand to study the socioeconomic status of the farmers, to examine the comparative economics of organic farming and non-organic farming and to find out the constraints faced by farmers in adoption of organic farming. A sample of 60 farmers comprising 30 organic farmers and 30 non-organic farmers were drawn from district by using multistage sampling technique. Organic farmers have been found middle-aged group, more educated and greater land holdings than non-organic farmers. Total cost of cultivation incurred in organic and inorganic paddy cultivation was Rs. 47564/ha and Rs. 49999/ha. Respectively. Net returns over cost C3 from organic and inorganic paddy were Rs. 25348 /ha and Rs. 20899 /ha respectively. Cost C3 in organic and inorganic maize cultivation was Rs. 38932/ha and Rs. 40546/ha and for finger millet cultivation was Rs. 39792/ha and Rs. 41919/ha respectively. Net returns in case of maize were Rs. 60094/ha from organic and Rs. 55619/ha from inorganic and in case of finger millet Rs. 36611/ha and Rs. 30061/ha from organic and inorganic respectively. It was observed that most of the farmers expressed the problem regarding lack of knowledge of organic production technology, requirement of long period to get positive response from the ecosystem, lack of specialized markets for organic produce, initial yield loss and lack of knowledge about certification process, uncertainty of irrigation water and small land holding or land in patches.