Regarding organic farming and its implementation, adoption, economic viability and sustenance options the understanding among policymakers, farmers, institutional agencies and other stakeholders is asymmetric and the knowledge gap wide. This study traces the transition of a district towards organic farming, subsequent to a binding policy decision by the state machinery. It finds that a rapid, superficial shift could fail and jeopardize the possibility of continuing with the vision on organic agriculture. A comprehensive inventory of the components of organic farming and analytical insights is needed to bridge the knowledge gap among stakeholders, appropriately redefine the organic farming agenda and scale it to other regions.
