It is an organic farming scheme launched by GOI under National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) during 2015-16 under PGS certification. The department of Agriculture and cooperation has prepared a roadmap of the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana(PKVY). Under the Guidelines, farmers will be organized in a cluster for encouraging them to adopt organic farming. 50 acres will form a cluster and engaged in conversion and adoption of organic farming. The participatory Guarantee Scheme(PGS) of certification empowers the farmers in the clusters to certify the process of production and have access to the organic market. A separate web portal is also developed for the purpose of PGS certification.
Initially the scheme is implemented in 10 no’s of District. The total no of 220 clusters have been formed in the selected districts. The total no of farmers is 6913 with total area of 10935 acre (4428.675 ha).
District wise Cluster formation process is completed and the Numbers of clusters in each district are as follows:
Sl. No | Name of the District | No of Clusters |
1 | Karbi Anglong | 26 |
2 | Nagaon | 27 |
3 | Kamrup | 30 |
4 | Goalpara | 30 |
5 | Barpeta | 17 |
6 | Bongaigaon | 20 |
7 | Darrang | 27 |
8 | Sonitpur | 8 |
9 | Udalguri | 30 |
10 | Morigaon | 5 |
Total | 220 |