31.08.2009 | permalink
India has planned to increase its area under certified organic farming to 2,000,000 hectare and sale of organic products to one billion US dollars by 2012. A special agency under the Union agriculture ministry - National Centre for Organic Farming - has taken up the task of achieving this target. [...] Currently, organic cotton account for 25% of the total organic products export, followed 20% share for organic tea, 18% share for dry fruits, 13% share for Basmati rice and 10% share for organic honey.