Organic Consultants & Certification in India

India Organic Certification is a label given to organic products after validation, which ensures that the product or raw materials used in the product were grown through organic farming – without any chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or induced hormones.

 Several national governments and a multitude of private certification and farmer organizations have defined organic agriculture. In the past, differences in these definitions were significant, but the demand for consistency by the trade has led to greater uniformity. According to the definition of the Codex Alimentarius, “organic agriculture is a holistic production management system which promotes and enhances agro-ecosystem health, including biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It emphasizes the use of management practices in preference to the use of off-farm inputs, taking into account that regional conditions require locally adapted systems. This is accomplished by using, where possible, agronomic, biological and mechanical methods, as opposed to using synthetic materials, to fulfil any specific function within the system.” Products labelled as “organic” are those certified as having been produced according to clearly defined organic production standards, for instance formulated in regulations.

A main difference between organic and other kinds of agriculture is that organic farming is a holistic production management system, aiming at maintaining or enhancing soil fertility and biological activity. Organic farming is based on locally adapted management practices in preference to the use of off-farm inputs or no management at all. In comparison with many other environmentally-friendly farming systems, organic farming differs in the sense that standards and certification systems are very well developed and internationally widespread.

Your organic certificate never expires, and certificates are valid until surrendered by the organic operation or until suspended or re- voked by OTCO, the State organic program’s governing official, or the USDA.

Advocates say organic food is safer, possibly more nutritious, and often better tasting than non-organic food. They also say organic production is better for the environment and kinder to animals. … But many experts say there’s not enough evidence to prove any real advantage to eating organic foods.

Certification typically requires six to 10 weeks; less for special cases. We generally recommend that you begin the process at least 90 days before harvest or launch of your organic line.

Time is money. Not only are organic farms typically smaller than conventional ones, but they also, on average, take more time to produce crops because they refrain from using the chemicals and growth hormones used by conventional farmers. Production-oriented government subsidies reduce the overall cost of crops.