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Tamil Nadu organic farm policy
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- The Tamil Nadu Organic Farming Policy 2023 was released by Chief Minister.
- This Policy is aimed at conserving and protecting soil health, agroecology, and biodiversity besides providing safe, healthier and environment-friendly food.
- The policy will be reviewed after a period of five years.
- State-level and district-level committees will be formed to monitor the progress.
- A Single window system will be implemented to simplify the certification procedure.
- The organic farming policy will help to ensure, upscale, and support chemical-free organic agriculture in TN.
- India occupies fifth place with a total area of 2.66 million hectares.
- Tamil Nadu holds 14th rank in organic farming across the country with 31,629 hectares of organic agriculture land.
- Madhya Pradesh has the largest area under organic certification followed by Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Karnataka.
- In 2020-21, Tamil Nadu shipped 4,223 metric tonnes of organic products worth Rs 108 crore.
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