Organic agriculture in rural development: A paradigm shift

The role of Organic Farming in India Rural Economy can be leveraged to mitigate the ever-increasing problem of food security in India. With rapid industrialization of rural states of India, there has been a crunch for farmland. Further, with the exponential population growth of India, the need for food sufficiency has become the need of the hour. Furthermore, the overuse of plant growth inhibitor, pesticides and fertilizers for faster growth of agricultural produce is detrimental to human health and the environment as a whole. The proposition of Organic Farming in India Rural Economy holds good, as an alternative to arrest this problem. Rural development policy of India can be featured by multispectral and integrated approach. The introduction of the process of Organic Farming in India's Rural Economy is a very new concept. Against this backdrop, this paper made an attempt to critically analyses the role of organic farming in rural development further it also examine the global and Indian scenario trends of organic farming at the country and global level.