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      Constraints of Organic  Farming in India         
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Marketing  of organic farming produce is the main problem for organic growers.  
           
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The lack  of awareness among people (customers/buyers) is the main hurdle in selling  organic products.  
           
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Further  the cost of the organic products is high which only the elite and foreigners  can afford. Moreover peoples should verify the organically certified produces  before buying. 
           
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Organic  growers are not in a position to spend money towards the organic certification 
           
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Lack of  organic sale units.  
           
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The  organic marketing in most of the countries is still relatively small and on an  average it is less than half a percent of the total agricultural sector except  in Germany and Austria, where 2-3 per cent of their agriculture area is under  organic production. 
           
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There are  number of firms in India, which grow vegetables, fruits, plantation crops,  spices and tea organically and export to various countries. Usually farmers  associated with big exporters do not have to worry about the sale of their  products and their certification, small and marginal farmers are a harrowed  lot. 
           
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Several  institutions and movements are making concerted efforts to promote organic  agriculture in India and to bring changes in the policies favoring ecological  agriculture. In June, 2001, the Director General of foreign trade issued a  notification declaring the export of an agricultural product as organic would  be permitted only if it was produced, processed and packed under a valid  organic certificate issued by a certifying agency duly accredited by either  APEDA, coffee board, spices board and tea board. 
           
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