This survey-based study conducted for FSSAI, examined the current status and future potential for organic farming in India, analysed the regulatory practices in India and examined how India can learn from global best practices in promoting organic farming. The study highlighted issues faced by organic farmers and processed food producers and exporters and made policy recommendations to support the growth of this sector, which have been accepted by Indian government agencies.
The final report has been released in a Conference by Shri Ashish Bahuguna, Chairperson, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and Shri Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, at Juniper Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi on August 23, 2017.
Presented the paper “Enhancing Trade in Organic Food Products through Right Policy” at the ‘15th ASEAN Food Conference – Food Science and Technology: Integration for ASEAN Economy Community Sustainable Development’ called as ‘AFC 2017’ organized by Vietnam Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Post-Harvest Technology (VIAEP) and Vietnam Association of Food Science and Technology (VAFoST), on Nov. 16, 2017.
Consultations, Meetings with Govt. Representatives, Industry Associations in Bhutan in the Month of March 2017
Report:
Organic Farming in India: Status, Issues and Way Forward
Author(s): Dr. Arpita Mukherjee, Dr. Tanu Goyal, Mr. Souvik Dutta, Ms. Disha Mendiratta, Ms. Avantika Kapoor
Journal Articles:
Facilitating Trade in Organic Food Products: The Case of India and ASEAN co-authored with Avantika Kapoor, in Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B, Volume 8, Issue 4, David Publishing Company, http://www.davidpublisher.org/index.php/Home/Article/index?id=36868.html (last accessed on October 26, 2018) April 2018, pgs 253-265.
ICRIER Working Paper:
Promoting Organic Food Products and Exports – Status, Issues and Way Forward
Author(s): Dr. Arpita Mukherjee, Dr. Tanu Goyal, Mr. Souvik Dutta, Ms. Disha Mendiratta, Ms. Avantika Kapoor
Other Publications:
Understanding the Opportunities and Risks in Organic Food Businesses Case Studies of Companies in India and the UK co-authored with Souvik Dutta and Avantika Kapoor for Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru (IIM-B) (Working Paper No. 561), December 2017, accessible at Understanding the Opportunities and Risks in Organic Food Businesses Case Studies of Companies in India and the UK | IIM Bangalore (last accessed on July 14, 2023)
Enhancing Trade in Organic Food Products through Right Policy with Disha Mendiratta in Proceedings of the 15th ASEAN Conference on Food Science and Technology Journal of the 15th ASEAN Food Conference (AFC) 2017 published by Science and Technics Publishing House, November 2017, pgs 431-440.
Enhancing EU-India Organic Food Trade: A Survey of Indian Companies, co-authored with Tanu M. Goyal and Avantika Kapoor in Vienna 2017 Conference Journal published by Masters International Research & Development Center (MIRDEC), September 2017, pgs 27-42.
Op-Ed Article:
Sustainable agriculture practices should be investor friendly, an interview published in the blog India Business & Trade of the Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India accessible at https://www.tpci.in/indiabusinesstrade/blogs/sustainable-agriculture-practices-should-be-investor-friendly/ (last accessed on September 24, 2021), March 10, 2021.
Reforming agriculture: The unfinished agenda, published in FnBnews.com accessible at http://www.fnbnews.com/Top-News/reforming-agriculture-the-unfinished-agenda-61712 (last accessed on February 10, 2021), December 16, 2020.
Understanding the Opportunities and Risks in Organic Food Businesses Case Studies of Companies in India and the UK, co-authored, IIMB Working Paper No. 561, December 2017.
