NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR

ORGANIC PRODUCTION

Dr. Saswati Bose

Agricultural and Processed Food Products

Export Development Authority (APEDA)
Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India

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 MT

Increase over previous year: 17.4 %

Value of Exports: 2428 Crores Rupees

Food exports: 1328 Crores

Textiles: 1100 Crores
Increase over previous year: 15.28 %

In USD : 403.09 Million USD

Increase over previous year: 7.74 %

Global Scenario
Present global food market : 63.8 billion USD
Indias total export of organic agricultural products
(2013-14): 220.47 million USD

Indias

share in the global food market : 0.35 %

Top Ten Export Destination

EUROPEAN 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

Why Certification
Third

party assurance from producer to

the consumer
For 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

SCOPE OF CERTIFICATION
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
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Role Of APEDA Under NPOP

Implementation of NPOP

Evaluation, accreditation , surveillance

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

and

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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
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Organic Stakeholders 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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