REQUIREMENTS ON FARMING PRACTICES AND LABELLING OF NATURALLY PRODUCED PRODUCTS - NATURAL FARMING PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Document Title [Hindi] :
कृषि पद्धतियों और प्राकृतिक रूप से उत्पादित उत्पादों की लेबलिंग पर आवश्यकताएँ - प्राकृतिक कृषि उत्पादन प्रणाली
Document Type :
New
Language :
English
Priority :
1
ICS Code :
65.020.99
Date of Project Approval :
03-02-2023
Standards to be Superseded :
Classification Details
Group :
Agriculture, Agricultural Products and Implements
Sub Group :
Good Agricultural Practice
Sub Sub Group :
Good Aricultural Practices
Aspects :
Process Specification
Risk :
High
Certification :
Voluntary Certification
Short Commom Man's Title :
Natural farming
ITCHS Code :
Ministry :
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture - Department of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare
Sustainable development Goals :
RESPOSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION
CLIMATE ACTION
ZERO HUNGER
Degree of Equivalence :
Indigenous
Identical/Equivalent Standards :
Organization Type:
Division Council Chairperson Approval Details
Sl.No.
Synosis Points
1
To motivate farmers to adopt chemical free farming and enhance the reach of natural farming, the Government formulated National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) as a separate and independent scheme from 2023-24 by up scaling the Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati (BPKP). Therefore, a need was felt in order to develop an Indian Standard on Natural farming production system in order to provide required guidance to the farming community and all concerned stakeholders of natural farming.
2
Natural farming production system is an agricultural production system which mainly emphasis on use of locally available on farm/traditional inputs integrated system with good agronomic practices which encourages coexistence, soil health, ecology, natural cycles, natural micro flora and fauna, diversity , production density and good production management system.
3
This standard covers the crop production requirements, soil and fertility management, nutrients management, pest management, contamination control, soil water conservation, processing and handling, storage, transportation, livestock management of natural farming production system. This standard also provides labelling requirements of products that are produced through the process of natural farming crop production up to packaging and transport of the final product.
4
This Standard is applicable to all agricultural, horticultural, medicinal / herbal and agroforestry crops, livestock / fisheries/Beekeeping systems and their products.
5
The requirements provided in this standard is limited to on-farm processing at individual or at group of producers. Multi-ingredients processing, where raw material is derived from different sources and from different certification systems/ standards is not part of this standard.