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Kumar: About 2% of India's farmland is currently under organic cultivation

Shashi Kumar · Heartbreaking Truth: The REAL REASON Indian Farmers Struggle - Akshayakalpa Founder on The Neon Show · Nov 17, 2023 · at 1:06:54

Shashi Kumar, co-founder of organic dairy brand Akshayakalpa, discusses the current adoption scale of organic farming practices in India with Siddharth Ahluwalia.

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“Around two percent of other countries under organic cultivation right now. There are various statistics. Some statistics do say it's around five percent to eight percent. Some statistics say it is two percent, but I tend to believe the two percent part of it.”

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The claim, plainly

Around 2% of India's agricultural land is currently under organic cultivation.

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Assessment

Official data and international reporting for 2022–2023 confirm that organic cultivation accounted for approximately 1.5% to 2.6% of India's total agricultural land base, and roughly 2.0% of net sown area. Reports from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) and the National Centre for Organic and Natural Farming (NCONF) specifically cited certified organic farmland reaching ~2.30 million hectares, or ~2.0% of the net sown area. Similarly, FiBL/IFOAM reported organic cultivation at 1.5% (2021 data published 2023) and 2.6% (2022 data published 2024), and Invest India reported 1.5% in October 2023. The speaker's approximation of 'around 2%' accurately reflects official statistics as of November 2023.

MoAFW and NCONF baseline reports (2021–2023) state certified organic farmland covered ~2.30 million hectares, corresponding to ~2.0% of India's net sown area of 140.1 million hectares.
FiBL/IFOAM World of Organic Agriculture reports pegged India's organic land share at 1.5% in the 2023 edition (data as of 2021) and 2.6% in the 2024 edition (data as of 2022).
Invest India's October 2023 brief cited 2.6 million hectares under organic cultivation, representing 1.5% of total agricultural land.

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[1] usda.gov [2] globalissues.org [3] investindia.gov.in [4] ifoam.bio [5] ifoam.bio [6] dac.gov.in [7] dac.gov.in [8] usda.gov

FiBL The World of Organic Agriculture 2023 2024 India organic agricultural land percentage "The World of Organic Agriculture 2023" "India" "share" OR "percentage" "agricultural land" organic farming area in India total cultivable land percentage PIB 2023 India organic farming percentage total agricultural land APEDA Ministry of Agriculture 2022 2023 organic farming percentage of net sown area India APEDA 2022 2023 "percentage of net sown area" "organic" APEDA 2022-23 OR 2023-24

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