Sustainable Organic Farming in Sikkim: An Inclusive Perspective

Kumar, Jitendra; Pradhan, Meghan; Singh, Niti

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-4286-7_36

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“…For these farmers, the financial constraints have been of major concern because the adoption requires conversion cost in the form of cost of certification and other initial investment (Parvathi and Waibel, 2016;Azam and Banumathi, 2015). In India, some of the studies related to organic farming are conducted by (Ramesh et al (2010), Kumar et al (2018) and Altenbuchner et al (2018)). Ramesh et al (2010) stated that proper market demand, price information and proper price premium for organic produce are required to get a reasonable profit for farmers involved in organic farming.…”

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“…Ramesh et al (2010) stated that proper market demand, price information and proper price premium for organic produce are required to get a reasonable profit for farmers involved in organic farming. Kumar et al (2018) conducted their study on Sikkim, which is the only state in India with 100 percent organic, and stated that major barriers for the adoption of organic farming are the infrastructure facilities such as transportation, electricity, irrigation challenges, etc. Similarly, Altenbuchner et al (2018) examined the influence of organic farming on the livelihood of small farmers in India and found that access to training by the government will strengthen their adoption level.…”

Section: Critical Success Factors For Organic Farmingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Decisional factors driving farmers to adopt organic farming in India: a cross-sectional study

Azam

Shaheen

2019

IJSE

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to carry out an empirical investigation of the role of various factors such as economics, social, marketing, cultivation and government in adoption of organic farming. Further, this study examines the factors that influence farmers’ choice of adopting organic farming, based on their demographic classification such as education level, farm size, farming experiences and land ownership of the organic farmers. Design/methodology/approach To address the research objectives, the primary data were collected with the help of a structured questionnaire from 200 respondents. In this study, the QUAL–QUAN sequence of mixed method design was used. Four focus groups were conducted to identify the factors of organic farming adoption. Further, multinomial regression analysis was applied to analyze the differential impact of these factors in relation to the farmers’ demographic classification. Findings The study found five major factors that affect the adoption of organic farming (economic, social, marketing, cultivation, government policy) in India. The study also observed that marketing and government policy factors were most crucial in influencing all types of farmers irrespective of their educational level. The farmers with more farming experience were more concerned about social factors. Similarly, the farmers using lease farms were found to be concerned about the economic viability of organic farming. Social implications This study suggests that without government support, the adoption of organic agriculture seems to be a highly challenging task in a situation, where majority of the farmers fall under the small and marginal category. Hence, to promote organic farming in a developing country like India, the government has to invest more in schemes where farmers should get exclusive training and support to strengthen their intention behind the adoption of the organic farming. Originality/value Based on the collective insights from the studies, the different stakeholders with interest in organic agriculture may frame necessary strategies to promote organic farming.

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Section: Critical Success Factors For Organic Farmingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Critical Success Factors For Organic Farmingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decisional factors driving farmers to adopt organic farming in India: a cross-sectional study

Azam

Shaheen

2019

IJSE

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“…After extraction of genomic DNA, it was stored at –80°C for further studies. The 16S rRNA genes were polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplified by using two universal bacterial primers 27F (5′-AGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAG-3′) and 1492R (5′-CGGTTAC CTTGTTACGACTT-3′) ( Kumar J. et al, 2018 ). The amplification was done in 50 μl using 4 μl of each dNTP, 2 μl of MgCl 2 , 2 μl of template DNA, 1 μl of each primer (forward and reverse), 1 μl of Taq DNA polymerase, and 33 μl of nuclease-free water (HiMedia, India).…”

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“…Bacteria are also known to produce volatile compounds and soluble metabolites, which play a key role in plant growth and development, stress tolerance, and disease suppression ( Panneerselvam et al, 2019 ). Sikkim has an entirely organic farming system ( Kumar J. et al, 2018 ), and several management practices including indigenous technologies are available for improving plant growth. However, the application of bacterial consortium particularly of native strain to address the nutrient and pest management has been proved to be holistic and ecologically sustainable strategy for agricultural production ( Panneerselvam et al, 2020 ).…”

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Isolation, Characterization, and Evaluation of Native Rhizobacterial Consortia Developed From the Rhizosphere of Rice Grown in Organic State Sikkim, India, and Their Effect on Plant Growth

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Eight rhizospheric bacteria were isolated from the organic paddy fields of Sikkim, India, and identified as Pseudomonas kribbensis KSB, Burkholderia cenocepacia SRD, Kosakonia oryzendophytica YMA7, Pseudomonas rhodesiae SRB, Bacillus sp. ARA, Paenibacillus polymyxa COW3, Bacillus aryabhattai PSB2, and Bacillus megaterium PSB1. They showed plant growth-promoting attributes in rice and have bio-control potential against phytopathogen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides of large cardamom (Amomum subulatum). Burkholderia cenocepacia SRD showed production of indole acetic acid and ammonia and solubilization of phosphate and potassium and also possessed nitrogen fixation potential. It showed antagonistic activity against two other plant pathogens of large cardamom, viz., Curvularia eragrostidis and Pestalotiopsis sp., under in vitro conditions. The liquid bacterial consortium was prepared using the bacterial strains SRB, PSB1, and COW3 (Consortia-1); PSB2, SRD, and COW3 (Consortia-2); and COW3, KSB, and YMA7 (Consortia-3) to increase the growth and yield of rice plants under organic farming conditions. Greenhouse and field studies showed that the Consortia-3 had the highest plant growth-promoting activity. Consortia-3 demonstrated better agronomic performance in terms of root length (9.5 cm),number of leaflets per plant (5.3), grains per panicle (110.6), test grain weight (27.4 g), dry root weight per plant (0.73 g), and total dry biomass per plant (8.26 g).

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“…Government owned shops and other regulated shops by different agencies are also working for the growth of organic market and providing scopes to farmers for the better growth of organic market. [165] Preferences and believe of the consumers also give direction to the organic market, according to conclusion of survey reported by Schobesberger et al [167,168] As well as world organic market growth rate predicted to increase at the rate of 30%. [169,170] A simple route for marketing of organic commodity including production, marketing, processing and impact on ecosystem is presented in Fig.…”

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Impact of Organic Farming on Sustainable Agriculture System and Marketing Potential: A Review

Patle

Kharpude

Dabral

et al. 2020

IJECC

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Organic farming helps to improve the health of agro-ecosystem by its holistic approach using on-farm agronomic, biological and mechanical methods in exclusion of all synthetic off-farm inputs. Although the organic farming is eco-friendly, question arises about possibility to adopt the organic farming for the large scale and its impacts on maintaining the productivity of land to meet the food security challenges from the ever-increasing population of the world. But at the same time, consumer’s behaviour and consciousness toward the safe and healthy food enforced the thinking of farmers toward the organic farming which is more lucrative due to high market demand and value of organic produce. This paper mainly addresses about the present status and future scope of organic farming especially in North eastern region of India, State of Sikkim, Indian and Global scenario and to investigate the major external and internal factors that influence the whole organic system including production and marketing of organic commodity.

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Sustainable Organic Farming in Sikkim: An Inclusive Perspective

Cited by 16 publications

References 4 publications

Decisional factors driving farmers to adopt organic farming in India: a cross-sectional study

Decisional factors driving farmers to adopt organic farming in India: a cross-sectional study

Isolation, Characterization, and Evaluation of Native Rhizobacterial Consortia Developed From the Rhizosphere of Rice Grown in Organic State Sikkim, India, and Their Effect on Plant Growth

Impact of Organic Farming on Sustainable Agriculture System and Marketing Potential: A Review

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