Tiny Sikkim Plans to be a Fully Organic State by 2015!
Sikkim, with only 610,577 inhabitants, is a landlocked Indian state located in the Himalayan mountains. It borders Nepal to the west, China's Tibet Autonomous Region on the north and east, to the east, Bhutan, and to the south the Indian State West Bengal.
Chief Minister Pawan Chamling Confirms His State's Goals
At a ceremony inaugurating a College of Agricultural Engineering and Post Harvest Technology in Ranipool, Sikkim, on November 30, 2013, Chief Minister Pawn Chamling declared:
The State Government is moving ahead to make Sikkim fully Organic by 2015.
The State has adopted organic mode in production and processing agriculture. There has been increasing demand for organic products in the domestic and international markets. Consumers are generally willing to pay premium prices for organic products for health and improved livelihood. . . .
Process of organic certification of our land is going on together with extensive training for our farmers and officials. We are also building an awareness program across the State among all the stakeholders to increasingly use organic manure only in our farm land.
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