Obstacles in Practicing Organic Farming in Nyoma, Changthang Region in Ladakh

The present study was conducted in the tehsil Nyoma of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir state during the year 2015 to know the obstacles faced by farmers practicing organic farming. The findings showed that major obstacles faced by the farmers were, unavailability of organic farming literature, inadequate availability of inputs like vermicompost, biofertilizers and organic manures, non availability of skilled labourer, lack of market information and market access, lack of minimum support price for the organic products, lack of skill about improved methods of compost making, inadequate knowledge of field functionaries about organic farming, non availability of recommended package of practice and laborious process involved in application of organic practices, lack of proper training about organic farming, difficulties in getting the organic manures compared to the chemical fertilizers, scarcity of FYM and other organic manures. The average FYM available was 5.2q which was maximum in Nidder village and the average minimum FYM available was 2.8q for Nyoma village. On the other hand, average FYM required for Nidder village was 8.1q and 5.0q for Nyoma. The average chemical fertilizer used was 36q. A maximum average chemical fertilizer used was in Nyoma village (42.25q) and minimum used in Nidder village(30.79q). Maximum pesticides used were in Mudh village followed by Henle and negligible in rest of the villages.