VALUE ADDITION AND

ORGANIC FARMING
NATIONAL CONVENTION ON ORGANIC FARMING
DEFINITIONS OF VALUE ADDITION
 The enhancement added to a product or service by an
organisation / company before the product is offered to
customers.
 The increase in worth of a product or service as a result of
a particular activity
 focussed differentiation

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VALUE ADDITION BY PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT UNDER
ORGANIC FARMING

 Safe grading and enrichment of Soil

 Structure
 Bio mass
 Nutrition
 Water
 Purity / quality
 Retention and preservation
 Air
 Purity
 Carbon secretion
 Promotion of Bio Diversity

 Preservation of endemic materials

 Endemic seeds and varieties
 Natural farming inputs /waste recycling

 Utilisation of Alternate and cleaner energy sources

 Saving the energy use and emissions in production of Urea based fertilizer
VALUE ADDITION TO PRODUCER COMMUNITY (FARMERS & WORKERS)

 Safe working conditions

 Less input costs
 Availability of inputs from local sources
 Better marketing options through clustering
 Sustainable incomes due to bio diverse
cropping systems (Multi crops)
 Preservation of cultural practices and
indigenous knowledge
 Fair trade policies in organic agriculture
VALUE ADDITION THROUGH CORE PRODUCT

 Product
 Health and Nutrition
 Purity
 Stability (longer shelf life)
 Innovative product development and research
 Branding
 Geographical / Regional
 Communication
VALUE ADDITION WITH PACKAGING
 Protection
 Convenience
 Recyclability / Reusability
 Appeal
 Enhanced shelf life
 Communicate / Promote / Sell
 Cost effective
 Satisfy legal and statutory requirements
VALUE ADDITION THROUGH CERTIFICATIONS AND
DECLARATIONS
 Organic certification
 EU
 JAS
 NOP
 Bio Dynamic certifications
 Demeter
 Fair trade certification
 FLO
 Quality / System certifications
 ISO
 HACCP
 SLS , SGS
 Forest Garden certification
 Religious /Consumer group certifications
 Halal
 Kosher
 Vegan
 Raw food
 Retail / Industry standards certification
 BRC
 ASTA , ESA
 Lion logo
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VALUE ADDITION IN
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

 Encourage institutions to conduct R&D on product development

on organic products.
 Assistance to farmers / companies during conversion period
from conventional to organic systems.
 Provide equal or grater subsidies for organic farming ( Why only
chemical fertilizer subsidy?)
 Devise cost effective certification systems that can be utilised by
a grater number of farmers.
 Introduce domestic legislation for the use of the term “organic”.
A better domestic market will open more avenues for export.