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&lt;br /&gt;
Karnataka, the 
first State to formulate an organic farming policy way back in 2004, has
stepped up measures to spread the concept among farmers in recent 
years. Also, it has been working on rebuilding farmers&amp;rsquo; interest in 
millets through incentives such as guaranteed buy-back and a bonus over 
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awareness on the health benefits of millets among the public, said 
Karnataka Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda in an interview with 
BusinessLine. Excerpts:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* Why should the State intervene when organic products already attract a premium?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Four
years ago we started Savayava Bhagya, a comprehensive organic 
production oriented programme. We have developed some 566 organic 
clusters under the programme involving about 1 lakh farmers, who have 
brought 1.8 lakh hectares under organic cultivation. We realised that a 
farmer can be encouraged to produce, but unless returns are assured, you
cannot sustain the organic way of cultivation. Access to the market and
market are key if we have to increase area under organic cultivation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We
spoke to buyers and retailers, who said there is a lot of demand for 
organic products but they face the problem of reliable suppliers. So we 
organised the farmers (who had availed of assistance under the Savayava 
Bhagya scheme and taken up organic farming) into 14 unions, so that it 
was easier to aggregate. Since we had funded the production side of it 
by encouraging farmers to go organic, we are also funding the creation 
of infrastructure such as warehousing and grading. So far, we have spent
about Rs. 180 crore under Savayava Bhagya, which has been one of our 
successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model 
of organising farmers under clusters and connecting them with markets. 
Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been 
supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don&amp;rsquo;t think 
anybody has done it. In fact, the Centre&amp;rsquo;s Paramparagat Krishi Vikaas 
Yojana has picked up the idea of cluster approach from our scheme.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On
the market development side, we have been doing organic and millet 
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demand. The ultimate objective is that farmers should get better 
revenue. It will help us to to position Karnataka and Bengaluru as the 
centre for organic crops and millets.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* But are farmers bringing more area under organic cultivation?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In
the past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the 
total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is 
government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area 
under organic. There is a State agency for organic certification. Some 
private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
We want to brand Karnataka&amp;rsquo;s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* What has been your experience on reviving millets?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The
area under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up 
after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 
2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonus
over the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowar
and ragi. The area under other millets such as foxtail and barnyard 
millet is around 30,000 ha.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The awareness of millet is still low.
We want to position millets as a healthy food and our own alternative 
to oats or quinoa, which are not grown by our farmers. With drought and 
climate change becoming an increasing reality, they are most suited for 
water deficit and drought conditions. They require far lesser chemical 
fertilisers and virtually zero sprays or pesticides. For farmers, they 
are a hardy and low-risk crop. For millets such as foxtail, proso and 
barnyard, it is difficult to come up with a programme. But once the 
market picks up, I am expecting their prices to pick up and that could 
act as an incentive. There could be a spurt in prices of these millets 
in one or two years.
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Since we had funded the production side of it by encouraging farmers to go organic, we are also funding the creation of infrastructure such as warehousing and grading. So far, we have spentabout Rs. 180 crore under Savayava Bhagya, which has been one of our successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model of organising farmers under clusters and connecting them with markets. Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don&amp;rsquo;t think anybody has done it. In fact, the Centre&amp;rsquo;s Paramparagat Krishi Vikaas Yojana has picked up the idea of cluster approach from our scheme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onthe market development side, we have been doing organic and millet fairs. That is again a public awareness building programme to create demand. The ultimate objective is that farmers should get better revenue. 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&lt;br /&gt;
Karnataka, the 
first State to formulate an organic farming policy way back in 2004, has
stepped up measures to spread the concept among farmers in recent 
years. Also, it has been working on rebuilding farmers&amp;rsquo; interest in 
millets through incentives such as guaranteed buy-back and a bonus over 
the minimum support price. To provide market linkages to the over 1 lakh
organic farmers in the State, the Karnataka government is organising a 
three-day National Trade Fair on Organics and Millets here from April 
28. The idea is to showcase the organic production capacity and create 
awareness on the health benefits of millets among the public, said 
Karnataka Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda in an interview with 
BusinessLine. Excerpts:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* Why should the State intervene when organic products already attract a premium?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Four
years ago we started Savayava Bhagya, a comprehensive organic 
production oriented programme. We have developed some 566 organic 
clusters under the programme involving about 1 lakh farmers, who have 
brought 1.8 lakh hectares under organic cultivation. We realised that a 
farmer can be encouraged to produce, but unless returns are assured, you
cannot sustain the organic way of cultivation. Access to the market and
market are key if we have to increase area under organic cultivation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We
spoke to buyers and retailers, who said there is a lot of demand for 
organic products but they face the problem of reliable suppliers. So we 
organised the farmers (who had availed of assistance under the Savayava 
Bhagya scheme and taken up organic farming) into 14 unions, so that it 
was easier to aggregate. Since we had funded the production side of it 
by encouraging farmers to go organic, we are also funding the creation 
of infrastructure such as warehousing and grading. So far, we have spent
about Rs. 180 crore under Savayava Bhagya, which has been one of our 
successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model 
of organising farmers under clusters and connecting them with markets. 
Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been 
supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don&amp;rsquo;t think 
anybody has done it. In fact, the Centre&amp;rsquo;s Paramparagat Krishi Vikaas 
Yojana has picked up the idea of cluster approach from our scheme.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On
the market development side, we have been doing organic and millet 
fairs. That is again a public awareness building programme to create 
demand. The ultimate objective is that farmers should get better 
revenue. It will help us to to position Karnataka and Bengaluru as the 
centre for organic crops and millets.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* But are farmers bringing more area under organic cultivation?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In
the past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the 
total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is 
government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area 
under organic. There is a State agency for organic certification. Some 
private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
We want to brand Karnataka&amp;rsquo;s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* What has been your experience on reviving millets?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The
area under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up 
after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 
2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonus
over the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowar
and ragi. The area under other millets such as foxtail and barnyard 
millet is around 30,000 ha.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The awareness of millet is still low.
We want to position millets as a healthy food and our own alternative 
to oats or quinoa, which are not grown by our farmers. With drought and 
climate change becoming an increasing reality, they are most suited for 
water deficit and drought conditions. They require far lesser chemical 
fertilisers and virtually zero sprays or pesticides. For farmers, they 
are a hardy and low-risk crop. For millets such as foxtail, proso and 
barnyard, it is difficult to come up with a programme. But once the 
market picks up, I am expecting their prices to pick up and that could 
act as an incentive. There could be a spurt in prices of these millets 
in one or two years.
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                <div align="justify">-The Hindu Business Line<br /><br />Karnataka, the first State to formulate an organic farming policy way back in 2004, hasstepped up measures to spread the concept among farmers in recent years. Also, it has been working on rebuilding farmers&rsquo; interest in millets through incentives such as guaranteed buy-back and a bonus over the minimum support price. To provide market linkages to the over 1 lakhorganic farmers in the State, the Karnataka government is organising a three-day National Trade Fair on Organics and Millets here from April 28. The idea is to showcase the organic production capacity and create awareness on the health benefits of millets among the public, said Karnataka Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda in an interview with BusinessLine. Excerpts:<br /><br /><em>* Why should the State intervene when organic products already attract a premium?<br /></em><br />Fouryears ago we started Savayava Bhagya, a comprehensive organic production oriented programme. We have developed some 566 organic clusters under the programme involving about 1 lakh farmers, who have brought 1.8 lakh hectares under organic cultivation. We realised that a farmer can be encouraged to produce, but unless returns are assured, youcannot sustain the organic way of cultivation. Access to the market andmarket are key if we have to increase area under organic cultivation.<br /><br />Wespoke to buyers and retailers, who said there is a lot of demand for organic products but they face the problem of reliable suppliers. So we organised the farmers (who had availed of assistance under the Savayava Bhagya scheme and taken up organic farming) into 14 unions, so that it was easier to aggregate. Since we had funded the production side of it by encouraging farmers to go organic, we are also funding the creation of infrastructure such as warehousing and grading. So far, we have spentabout Rs. 180 crore under Savayava Bhagya, which has been one of our successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model of organising farmers under clusters and connecting them with markets. Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don&rsquo;t think anybody has done it. In fact, the Centre&rsquo;s Paramparagat Krishi Vikaas Yojana has picked up the idea of cluster approach from our scheme.<br /><br />Onthe market development side, we have been doing organic and millet fairs. That is again a public awareness building programme to create demand. The ultimate objective is that farmers should get better revenue. It will help us to to position Karnataka and Bengaluru as the centre for organic crops and millets.<br /><br /><em>* But are farmers bringing more area under organic cultivation?<br /></em><br />Inthe past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area under organic. There is a State agency for organic certification. Some private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification.<br /><br /><em>* Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products?<br /></em><br />We want to brand Karnataka&rsquo;s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress.<br /><br /><em>* What has been your experience on reviving millets?<br /></em><br />Thearea under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonusover the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowarand ragi. The area under other millets such as foxtail and barnyard millet is around 30,000 ha.<br /><br />The awareness of millet is still low.We want to position millets as a healthy food and our own alternative to oats or quinoa, which are not grown by our farmers. With drought and climate change becoming an increasing reality, they are most suited for water deficit and drought conditions. They require far lesser chemical fertilisers and virtually zero sprays or pesticides. For farmers, they are a hardy and low-risk crop. For millets such as foxtail, proso and barnyard, it is difficult to come up with a programme. But once the market picks up, I am expecting their prices to pick up and that could act as an incentive. 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&lt;br /&gt;
Karnataka, the 
first State to formulate an organic farming policy way back in 2004, has
stepped up measures to spread the concept among farmers in recent 
years. Also, it has been working on rebuilding farmers&amp;rsquo; interest in 
millets through incentives such as guaranteed buy-back and a bonus over 
the minimum support price. To provide market linkages to the over 1 lakh
organic farmers in the State, the Karnataka government is organising a 
three-day National Trade Fair on Organics and Millets here from April 
28. The idea is to showcase the organic production capacity and create 
awareness on the health benefits of millets among the public, said 
Karnataka Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda in an interview with 
BusinessLine. Excerpts:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* Why should the State intervene when organic products already attract a premium?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Four
years ago we started Savayava Bhagya, a comprehensive organic 
production oriented programme. We have developed some 566 organic 
clusters under the programme involving about 1 lakh farmers, who have 
brought 1.8 lakh hectares under organic cultivation. We realised that a 
farmer can be encouraged to produce, but unless returns are assured, you
cannot sustain the organic way of cultivation. Access to the market and
market are key if we have to increase area under organic cultivation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We
spoke to buyers and retailers, who said there is a lot of demand for 
organic products but they face the problem of reliable suppliers. So we 
organised the farmers (who had availed of assistance under the Savayava 
Bhagya scheme and taken up organic farming) into 14 unions, so that it 
was easier to aggregate. Since we had funded the production side of it 
by encouraging farmers to go organic, we are also funding the creation 
of infrastructure such as warehousing and grading. So far, we have spent
about Rs. 180 crore under Savayava Bhagya, which has been one of our 
successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model 
of organising farmers under clusters and connecting them with markets. 
Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been 
supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don&amp;rsquo;t think 
anybody has done it. In fact, the Centre&amp;rsquo;s Paramparagat Krishi Vikaas 
Yojana has picked up the idea of cluster approach from our scheme.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On
the market development side, we have been doing organic and millet 
fairs. That is again a public awareness building programme to create 
demand. The ultimate objective is that farmers should get better 
revenue. It will help us to to position Karnataka and Bengaluru as the 
centre for organic crops and millets.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* But are farmers bringing more area under organic cultivation?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In
the past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the 
total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is 
government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area 
under organic. There is a State agency for organic certification. Some 
private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
We want to brand Karnataka&amp;rsquo;s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* What has been your experience on reviving millets?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The
area under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up 
after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 
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Excerpts:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;* Why should the State intervene when organic products already attract a premium?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fouryears ago we started Savayava Bhagya, a comprehensive organic production oriented programme. We have developed some 566 organic clusters under the programme involving about 1 lakh farmers, who have brought 1.8 lakh hectares under organic cultivation. We realised that a farmer can be encouraged to produce, but unless returns are assured, youcannot sustain the organic way of cultivation. Access to the market andmarket are key if we have to increase area under organic cultivation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wespoke to buyers and retailers, who said there is a lot of demand for organic products but they face the problem of reliable suppliers. So we organised the farmers (who had availed of assistance under the Savayava Bhagya scheme and taken up organic farming) into 14 unions, so that it was easier to aggregate. Since we had funded the production side of it by encouraging farmers to go organic, we are also funding the creation of infrastructure such as warehousing and grading. So far, we have spentabout Rs. 180 crore under Savayava Bhagya, which has been one of our successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model of organising farmers under clusters and connecting them with markets. Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don&amp;rsquo;t think anybody has done it. In fact, the Centre&amp;rsquo;s Paramparagat Krishi Vikaas Yojana has picked up the idea of cluster approach from our scheme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onthe market development side, we have been doing organic and millet fairs. That is again a public awareness building programme to create demand. The ultimate objective is that farmers should get better revenue. It will help us to to position Karnataka and Bengaluru as the centre for organic crops and millets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;* But are farmers bringing more area under organic cultivation?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inthe past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area under organic. There is a State agency for organic certification. Some private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;* Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We want to brand Karnataka&amp;rsquo;s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;* What has been your experience on reviving millets?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thearea under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonusover the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowarand ragi. The area under other millets such as foxtail and barnyard millet is around 30,000 ha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The awareness of millet is still low.We want to position millets as a healthy food and our own alternative to oats or quinoa, which are not grown by our farmers. With drought and climate change becoming an increasing reality, they are most suited for water deficit and drought conditions. They require far lesser chemical fertilisers and virtually zero sprays or pesticides. For farmers, they are a hardy and low-risk crop. 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Karnataka, the 
first State to formulate an organic farming policy way back in 2004, has
stepped up measures to spread the concept among farmers in recent 
years. Also, it has been working on rebuilding farmers&amp;rsquo; interest in 
millets through incentives such as guaranteed buy-back and a bonus over 
the minimum support price. To provide market linkages to the over 1 lakh
organic farmers in the State, the Karnataka government is organising a 
three-day National Trade Fair on Organics and Millets here from April 
28. The idea is to showcase the organic production capacity and create 
awareness on the health benefits of millets among the public, said 
Karnataka Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda in an interview with 
BusinessLine. Excerpts:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* Why should the State intervene when organic products already attract a premium?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Four
years ago we started Savayava Bhagya, a comprehensive organic 
production oriented programme. We have developed some 566 organic 
clusters under the programme involving about 1 lakh farmers, who have 
brought 1.8 lakh hectares under organic cultivation. We realised that a 
farmer can be encouraged to produce, but unless returns are assured, you
cannot sustain the organic way of cultivation. Access to the market and
market are key if we have to increase area under organic cultivation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We
spoke to buyers and retailers, who said there is a lot of demand for 
organic products but they face the problem of reliable suppliers. So we 
organised the farmers (who had availed of assistance under the Savayava 
Bhagya scheme and taken up organic farming) into 14 unions, so that it 
was easier to aggregate. Since we had funded the production side of it 
by encouraging farmers to go organic, we are also funding the creation 
of infrastructure such as warehousing and grading. So far, we have spent
about Rs. 180 crore under Savayava Bhagya, which has been one of our 
successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model 
of organising farmers under clusters and connecting them with markets. 
Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been 
supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don&amp;rsquo;t think 
anybody has done it. In fact, the Centre&amp;rsquo;s Paramparagat Krishi Vikaas 
Yojana has picked up the idea of cluster approach from our scheme.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On
the market development side, we have been doing organic and millet 
fairs. That is again a public awareness building programme to create 
demand. The ultimate objective is that farmers should get better 
revenue. It will help us to to position Karnataka and Bengaluru as the 
centre for organic crops and millets.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* But are farmers bringing more area under organic cultivation?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In
the past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the 
total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is 
government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area 
under organic. There is a State agency for organic certification. Some 
private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
We want to brand Karnataka&amp;rsquo;s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* What has been your experience on reviving millets?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The
area under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up 
after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 
2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonus
over the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowar
and ragi. The area under other millets such as foxtail and barnyard 
millet is around 30,000 ha.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The awareness of millet is still low.
We want to position millets as a healthy food and our own alternative 
to oats or quinoa, which are not grown by our farmers. With drought and 
climate change becoming an increasing reality, they are most suited for 
water deficit and drought conditions. They require far lesser chemical 
fertilisers and virtually zero sprays or pesticides. For farmers, they 
are a hardy and low-risk crop. For millets such as foxtail, proso and 
barnyard, it is difficult to come up with a programme. But once the 
market picks up, I am expecting their prices to pick up and that could 
act as an incentive. There could be a spurt in prices of these millets 
in one or two years.
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                <div align="justify">-The Hindu Business Line<br /><br />Karnataka, the first State to formulate an organic farming policy way back in 2004, hasstepped up measures to spread the concept among farmers in recent years. Also, it has been working on rebuilding farmers&rsquo; interest in millets through incentives such as guaranteed buy-back and a bonus over the minimum support price. To provide market linkages to the over 1 lakhorganic farmers in the State, the Karnataka government is organising a three-day National Trade Fair on Organics and Millets here from April 28. The idea is to showcase the organic production capacity and create awareness on the health benefits of millets among the public, said Karnataka Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda in an interview with BusinessLine. Excerpts:<br /><br /><em>* Why should the State intervene when organic products already attract a premium?<br /></em><br />Fouryears ago we started Savayava Bhagya, a comprehensive organic production oriented programme. We have developed some 566 organic clusters under the programme involving about 1 lakh farmers, who have brought 1.8 lakh hectares under organic cultivation. We realised that a farmer can be encouraged to produce, but unless returns are assured, youcannot sustain the organic way of cultivation. Access to the market andmarket are key if we have to increase area under organic cultivation.<br /><br />Wespoke to buyers and retailers, who said there is a lot of demand for organic products but they face the problem of reliable suppliers. So we organised the farmers (who had availed of assistance under the Savayava Bhagya scheme and taken up organic farming) into 14 unions, so that it was easier to aggregate. Since we had funded the production side of it by encouraging farmers to go organic, we are also funding the creation of infrastructure such as warehousing and grading. So far, we have spentabout Rs. 180 crore under Savayava Bhagya, which has been one of our successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model of organising farmers under clusters and connecting them with markets. Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don&rsquo;t think anybody has done it. In fact, the Centre&rsquo;s Paramparagat Krishi Vikaas Yojana has picked up the idea of cluster approach from our scheme.<br /><br />Onthe market development side, we have been doing organic and millet fairs. That is again a public awareness building programme to create demand. The ultimate objective is that farmers should get better revenue. It will help us to to position Karnataka and Bengaluru as the centre for organic crops and millets.<br /><br /><em>* But are farmers bringing more area under organic cultivation?<br /></em><br />Inthe past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area under organic. There is a State agency for organic certification. Some private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification.<br /><br /><em>* Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products?<br /></em><br />We want to brand Karnataka&rsquo;s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress.<br /><br /><em>* What has been your experience on reviving millets?<br /></em><br />Thearea under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonusover the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowarand ragi. The area under other millets such as foxtail and barnyard millet is around 30,000 ha.<br /><br />The awareness of millet is still low.We want to position millets as a healthy food and our own alternative to oats or quinoa, which are not grown by our farmers. With drought and climate change becoming an increasing reality, they are most suited for water deficit and drought conditions. They require far lesser chemical fertilisers and virtually zero sprays or pesticides. For farmers, they are a hardy and low-risk crop. For millets such as foxtail, proso and barnyard, it is difficult to come up with a programme. But once the market picks up, I am expecting their prices to pick up and that could act as an incentive. There could be a spurt in prices of these millets in one or two years.</div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><em>The Hindu Business Line, 7 April, 2017, please <a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/we-want-to-position-millets-as-alternative-to-oats-and-quinoa-karnataka-agri-minister/article9623484.ece?homepage=true" title="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/we-want-to-position-millets-as-alternative-to-oats-and-quinoa-karnataka-agri-minister/article9623484.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to access </em></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: The Hindu Business Line</strong>&nbsp; <br /></div>               </font>
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&lt;em&gt;* Why should the State intervene when organic products already attract a premium?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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organised the farmers (who had availed of assistance under the Savayava 
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successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model 
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Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been 
supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don&amp;rsquo;t think 
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&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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the past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the 
total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is 
government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area 
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private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
We want to brand Karnataka&amp;rsquo;s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* What has been your experience on reviving millets?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The
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after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 
2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonus
over the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowar
and ragi. The area under other millets such as foxtail and barnyard 
millet is around 30,000 ha.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The awareness of millet is still low.
We want to position millets as a healthy food and our own alternative 
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barnyard, it is difficult to come up with a programme. But once the 
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Since we had funded the production side of it by encouraging farmers to go organic, we are also funding the creation of infrastructure such as warehousing and grading. So far, we have spentabout Rs. 180 crore under Savayava Bhagya, which has been one of our successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model of organising farmers under clusters and connecting them with markets. Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don&amp;rsquo;t think anybody has done it. In fact, the Centre&amp;rsquo;s Paramparagat Krishi Vikaas Yojana has picked up the idea of cluster approach from our scheme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onthe market development side, we have been doing organic and millet fairs. That is again a public awareness building programme to create demand. The ultimate objective is that farmers should get better revenue. It will help us to to position Karnataka and Bengaluru as the centre for organic crops and millets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;* But are farmers bringing more area under organic cultivation?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inthe past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area under organic. There is a State agency for organic certification. Some private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;* Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We want to brand Karnataka&amp;rsquo;s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;* What has been your experience on reviving millets?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thearea under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonusover the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowarand ragi. The area under other millets such as foxtail and barnyard millet is around 30,000 ha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The awareness of millet is still low.We want to position millets as a healthy food and our own alternative to oats or quinoa, which are not grown by our farmers. With drought and climate change becoming an increasing reality, they are most suited for water deficit and drought conditions. They require far lesser chemical fertilisers and virtually zero sprays or pesticides. For farmers, they are a hardy and low-risk crop. For millets such as foxtail, proso and barnyard, it is difficult to come up with a programme. But once the market picks up, I am expecting their prices to pick up and that could act as an incentive. 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-The Hindu Business Line&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Karnataka, the 
first State to formulate an organic farming policy way back in 2004, has
stepped up measures to spread the concept among farmers in recent 
years. Also, it has been working on rebuilding farmers&amp;rsquo; interest in 
millets through incentives such as guaranteed buy-back and a bonus over 
the minimum support price. To provide market linkages to the over 1 lakh
organic farmers in the State, the Karnataka government is organising a 
three-day National Trade Fair on Organics and Millets here from April 
28. The idea is to showcase the organic production capacity and create 
awareness on the health benefits of millets among the public, said 
Karnataka Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda in an interview with 
BusinessLine. Excerpts:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* Why should the State intervene when organic products already attract a premium?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Four
years ago we started Savayava Bhagya, a comprehensive organic 
production oriented programme. We have developed some 566 organic 
clusters under the programme involving about 1 lakh farmers, who have 
brought 1.8 lakh hectares under organic cultivation. We realised that a 
farmer can be encouraged to produce, but unless returns are assured, you
cannot sustain the organic way of cultivation. Access to the market and
market are key if we have to increase area under organic cultivation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We
spoke to buyers and retailers, who said there is a lot of demand for 
organic products but they face the problem of reliable suppliers. So we 
organised the farmers (who had availed of assistance under the Savayava 
Bhagya scheme and taken up organic farming) into 14 unions, so that it 
was easier to aggregate. Since we had funded the production side of it 
by encouraging farmers to go organic, we are also funding the creation 
of infrastructure such as warehousing and grading. So far, we have spent
about Rs. 180 crore under Savayava Bhagya, which has been one of our 
successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model 
of organising farmers under clusters and connecting them with markets. 
Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been 
supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don&amp;rsquo;t think 
anybody has done it. In fact, the Centre&amp;rsquo;s Paramparagat Krishi Vikaas 
Yojana has picked up the idea of cluster approach from our scheme.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On
the market development side, we have been doing organic and millet 
fairs. That is again a public awareness building programme to create 
demand. The ultimate objective is that farmers should get better 
revenue. It will help us to to position Karnataka and Bengaluru as the 
centre for organic crops and millets.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* But are farmers bringing more area under organic cultivation?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In
the past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the 
total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is 
government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area 
under organic. There is a State agency for organic certification. Some 
private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
We want to brand Karnataka&amp;rsquo;s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;* What has been your experience on reviving millets?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The
area under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up 
after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 
2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonus
over the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowar
and ragi. The area under other millets such as foxtail and barnyard 
millet is around 30,000 ha.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The awareness of millet is still low.
We want to position millets as a healthy food and our own alternative 
to oats or quinoa, which are not grown by our farmers. With drought and 
climate change becoming an increasing reality, they are most suited for 
water deficit and drought conditions. They require far lesser chemical 
fertilisers and virtually zero sprays or pesticides. For farmers, they 
are a hardy and low-risk crop. For millets such as foxtail, proso and 
barnyard, it is difficult to come up with a programme. But once the 
market picks up, I am expecting their prices to pick up and that could 
act as an incentive. There could be a spurt in prices of these millets 
in one or two years.
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It has been a work in progress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;* What has been your experience on reviving millets?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thearea under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonusover the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowarand ragi. The area under other millets such as foxtail and barnyard millet is around 30,000 ha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The awareness of millet is still low.We want to position millets as a healthy food and our own alternative to oats or quinoa, which are not grown by our farmers. With drought and climate change becoming an increasing reality, they are most suited for water deficit and drought conditions. They require far lesser chemical fertilisers and virtually zero sprays or pesticides. For farmers, they are a hardy and low-risk crop. 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                <div align="justify">-The Hindu Business Line<br /><br />Karnataka, the first State to formulate an organic farming policy way back in 2004, hasstepped up measures to spread the concept among farmers in recent years. Also, it has been working on rebuilding farmers&rsquo; interest in millets through incentives such as guaranteed buy-back and a bonus over the minimum support price. To provide market linkages to the over 1 lakhorganic farmers in the State, the Karnataka government is organising a three-day National Trade Fair on Organics and Millets here from April 28. The idea is to showcase the organic production capacity and create awareness on the health benefits of millets among the public, said Karnataka Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda in an interview with BusinessLine. Excerpts:<br /><br /><em>* Why should the State intervene when organic products already attract a premium?<br /></em><br />Fouryears ago we started Savayava Bhagya, a comprehensive organic production oriented programme. We have developed some 566 organic clusters under the programme involving about 1 lakh farmers, who have brought 1.8 lakh hectares under organic cultivation. We realised that a farmer can be encouraged to produce, but unless returns are assured, youcannot sustain the organic way of cultivation. Access to the market andmarket are key if we have to increase area under organic cultivation.<br /><br />Wespoke to buyers and retailers, who said there is a lot of demand for organic products but they face the problem of reliable suppliers. So we organised the farmers (who had availed of assistance under the Savayava Bhagya scheme and taken up organic farming) into 14 unions, so that it was easier to aggregate. Since we had funded the production side of it by encouraging farmers to go organic, we are also funding the creation of infrastructure such as warehousing and grading. So far, we have spentabout Rs. 180 crore under Savayava Bhagya, which has been one of our successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model of organising farmers under clusters and connecting them with markets. Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don&rsquo;t think anybody has done it. In fact, the Centre&rsquo;s Paramparagat Krishi Vikaas Yojana has picked up the idea of cluster approach from our scheme.<br /><br />Onthe market development side, we have been doing organic and millet fairs. That is again a public awareness building programme to create demand. The ultimate objective is that farmers should get better revenue. It will help us to to position Karnataka and Bengaluru as the centre for organic crops and millets.<br /><br /><em>* But are farmers bringing more area under organic cultivation?<br /></em><br />Inthe past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area under organic. There is a State agency for organic certification. Some private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification.<br /><br /><em>* Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products?<br /></em><br />We want to brand Karnataka&rsquo;s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress.<br /><br /><em>* What has been your experience on reviving millets?<br /></em><br />Thearea under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonusover the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowarand ragi. The area under other millets such as foxtail and barnyard millet is around 30,000 ha.<br /><br />The awareness of millet is still low.We want to position millets as a healthy food and our own alternative to oats or quinoa, which are not grown by our farmers. With drought and climate change becoming an increasing reality, they are most suited for water deficit and drought conditions. They require far lesser chemical fertilisers and virtually zero sprays or pesticides. For farmers, they are a hardy and low-risk crop. For millets such as foxtail, proso and barnyard, it is difficult to come up with a programme. But once the market picks up, I am expecting their prices to pick up and that could act as an incentive. There could be a spurt in prices of these millets in one or two years.</div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><em>The Hindu Business Line, 7 April, 2017, please <a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/we-want-to-position-millets-as-alternative-to-oats-and-quinoa-karnataka-agri-minister/article9623484.ece?homepage=true" title="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/we-want-to-position-millets-as-alternative-to-oats-and-quinoa-karnataka-agri-minister/article9623484.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to access </em></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: The Hindu Business Line</strong>&nbsp; <br /></div>               </font>
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-The Hindu Business Line<br />
<br />
Karnataka, the 
first State to formulate an organic farming policy way back in 2004, has
stepped up measures to spread the concept among farmers in recent 
years. Also, it has been working on rebuilding farmers&rsquo; interest in 
millets through incentives such as guaranteed buy-back and a bonus over 
the minimum support price. To provide market linkages to the over 1 lakh
organic farmers in the State, the Karnataka government is organising a 
three-day National Trade Fair on Organics and Millets here from April 
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awareness on the health benefits of millets among the public, said 
Karnataka Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda in an interview with 
BusinessLine. Excerpts:<br />
<br />
<em>* Why should the State intervene when organic products already attract a premium?<br />
</em><br />
Four
years ago we started Savayava Bhagya, a comprehensive organic 
production oriented programme. We have developed some 566 organic 
clusters under the programme involving about 1 lakh farmers, who have 
brought 1.8 lakh hectares under organic cultivation. We realised that a 
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cannot sustain the organic way of cultivation. Access to the market and
market are key if we have to increase area under organic cultivation.<br />
<br />
We
spoke to buyers and retailers, who said there is a lot of demand for 
organic products but they face the problem of reliable suppliers. So we 
organised the farmers (who had availed of assistance under the Savayava 
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by encouraging farmers to go organic, we are also funding the creation 
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successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model 
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Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been 
supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don&rsquo;t think 
anybody has done it. In fact, the Centre&rsquo;s Paramparagat Krishi Vikaas 
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<br />
On
the market development side, we have been doing organic and millet 
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revenue. It will help us to to position Karnataka and Bengaluru as the 
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<br />
<em>* But are farmers bringing more area under organic cultivation?<br />
</em><br />
In
the past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the 
total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is 
government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area 
under organic. There is a State agency for organic certification. Some 
private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification.<br />
<br />
<em>* Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products?<br />
</em><br />
We want to brand Karnataka&rsquo;s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress.<br />
<br />
<em>* What has been your experience on reviving millets?<br />
</em><br />
The
area under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up 
after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 
2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonus
over the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowar
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<br />
The awareness of millet is still low.
We want to position millets as a healthy food and our own alternative 
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climate change becoming an increasing reality, they are most suited for 
water deficit and drought conditions. They require far lesser chemical 
fertilisers and virtually zero sprays or pesticides. For farmers, they 
are a hardy and low-risk crop. For millets such as foxtail, proso and 
barnyard, it is difficult to come up with a programme. But once the 
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act as an incentive. There could be a spurt in prices of these millets 
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<br />
Karnataka, the 
first State to formulate an organic farming policy way back in 2004, has
stepped up measures to spread the concept among farmers in recent 
years. Also, it has been working on rebuilding farmers&rsquo; interest in 
millets through incentives such as guaranteed buy-back and a bonus over 
the minimum support price. To provide market linkages to the over 1 lakh
organic farmers in the State, the Karnataka government is organising a 
three-day National Trade Fair on Organics and Millets here from April 
28. The idea is to showcase the organic production capacity and create 
awareness on the health benefits of millets among the public, said 
Karnataka Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda in an interview with 
BusinessLine. Excerpts:<br />
<br />
<em>* Why should the State intervene when organic products already attract a premium?<br />
</em><br />
Four
years ago we started Savayava Bhagya, a comprehensive organic 
production oriented programme. We have developed some 566 organic 
clusters under the programme involving about 1 lakh farmers, who have 
brought 1.8 lakh hectares under organic cultivation. We realised that a 
farmer can be encouraged to produce, but unless returns are assured, you
cannot sustain the organic way of cultivation. Access to the market and
market are key if we have to increase area under organic cultivation.<br />
<br />
We
spoke to buyers and retailers, who said there is a lot of demand for 
organic products but they face the problem of reliable suppliers. So we 
organised the farmers (who had availed of assistance under the Savayava 
Bhagya scheme and taken up organic farming) into 14 unions, so that it 
was easier to aggregate. Since we had funded the production side of it 
by encouraging farmers to go organic, we are also funding the creation 
of infrastructure such as warehousing and grading. So far, we have spent
about Rs. 180 crore under Savayava Bhagya, which has been one of our 
successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model 
of organising farmers under clusters and connecting them with markets. 
Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been 
supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don&rsquo;t think 
anybody has done it. In fact, the Centre&rsquo;s Paramparagat Krishi Vikaas 
Yojana has picked up the idea of cluster approach from our scheme.<br />
<br />
On
the market development side, we have been doing organic and millet 
fairs. That is again a public awareness building programme to create 
demand. The ultimate objective is that farmers should get better 
revenue. It will help us to to position Karnataka and Bengaluru as the 
centre for organic crops and millets.<br />
<br />
<em>* But are farmers bringing more area under organic cultivation?<br />
</em><br />
In
the past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the 
total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is 
government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area 
under organic. There is a State agency for organic certification. Some 
private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification.<br />
<br />
<em>* Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products?<br />
</em><br />
We want to brand Karnataka&rsquo;s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress.<br />
<br />
<em>* What has been your experience on reviving millets?<br />
</em><br />
The
area under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up 
after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 
2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonus
over the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowar
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<br />
The awareness of millet is still low.
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climate change becoming an increasing reality, they are most suited for 
water deficit and drought conditions. They require far lesser chemical 
fertilisers and virtually zero sprays or pesticides. For farmers, they 
are a hardy and low-risk crop. For millets such as foxtail, proso and 
barnyard, it is difficult to come up with a programme. But once the 
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act as an incentive. There could be a spurt in prices of these millets 
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</div>
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
</div>
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It will help us to to position Karnataka and Bengaluru as the centre for organic crops and millets.<br /><br /><em>* But are farmers bringing more area under organic cultivation?<br /></em><br />Inthe past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area under organic. There is a State agency for organic certification. Some private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification.<br /><br /><em>* Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products?<br /></em><br />We want to brand Karnataka&rsquo;s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress.<br /><br /><em>* What has been your experience on reviving millets?<br /></em><br />Thearea under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonusover the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowarand ragi. The area under other millets such as foxtail and barnyard millet is around 30,000 ha.<br /><br />The awareness of millet is still low.We want to position millets as a healthy food and our own alternative to oats or quinoa, which are not grown by our farmers. With drought and climate change becoming an increasing reality, they are most suited for water deficit and drought conditions. They require far lesser chemical fertilisers and virtually zero sprays or pesticides. For farmers, they are a hardy and low-risk crop. For millets such as foxtail, proso and barnyard, it is difficult to come up with a programme. But once the market picks up, I am expecting their prices to pick up and that could act as an incentive. There could be a spurt in prices of these millets in one or two years.</div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><em>The Hindu Business Line, 7 April, 2017, please <a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/we-want-to-position-millets-as-alternative-to-oats-and-quinoa-karnataka-agri-minister/article9623484.ece?homepage=true" title="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/we-want-to-position-millets-as-alternative-to-oats-and-quinoa-karnataka-agri-minister/article9623484.ece?homepage=true">click here</a> to access </em></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: The Hindu Business Line</strong>&nbsp; <br /></div>'
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Krishna Byre Gowda, Karnataka Agriculture Minister, interviewed by Vishwanath Kulkarni (The Hindu Business Line)

-The Hindu Business Line Karnataka, the first State to formulate an organic farming policy way back in 2004, hasstepped up measures to spread the concept among farmers in recent years. Also, it has been working on rebuilding farmers’ interest in millets through incentives such as guaranteed buy-back and a bonus over the minimum support price. To provide market linkages to the over 1 lakhorganic farmers in the State, the Karnataka government is organising a three-day National Trade Fair on Organics and Millets here from April 28. The idea is to showcase the organic production capacity and create awareness on the health benefits of millets among the public, said Karnataka Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda in an interview with BusinessLine. Excerpts: * Why should the State intervene when organic products already attract a premium? Fouryears ago we started Savayava Bhagya, a comprehensive organic production oriented programme. We have developed some 566 organic clusters under the programme involving about 1 lakh farmers, who have brought 1.8 lakh hectares under organic cultivation. We realised that a farmer can be encouraged to produce, but unless returns are assured, youcannot sustain the organic way of cultivation. Access to the market andmarket are key if we have to increase area under organic cultivation. Wespoke to buyers and retailers, who said there is a lot of demand for organic products but they face the problem of reliable suppliers. So we organised the farmers (who had availed of assistance under the Savayava Bhagya scheme and taken up organic farming) into 14 unions, so that it was easier to aggregate. Since we had funded the production side of it by encouraging farmers to go organic, we are also funding the creation of infrastructure such as warehousing and grading. So far, we have spentabout Rs. 180 crore under Savayava Bhagya, which has been one of our successful interventions. No other State has adopted this kind of model of organising farmers under clusters and connecting them with markets. Maybe a few small hilly States like Uttarakhand or Sikkim have been supporting growers, but in a diverse agriculture State, I don’t think anybody has done it. In fact, the Centre’s Paramparagat Krishi Vikaas Yojana has picked up the idea of cluster approach from our scheme. Onthe market development side, we have been doing organic and millet fairs. That is again a public awareness building programme to create demand. The ultimate objective is that farmers should get better revenue. It will help us to to position Karnataka and Bengaluru as the centre for organic crops and millets. * But are farmers bringing more area under organic cultivation? Inthe past four years, we have added around 1.2 lakh ha, increasing the total area to 1.8 lakh ha. Most of the new area under organic is government sponsored, but farmers on their own are also bringing area under organic. There is a State agency for organic certification. Some private NGO type agencies are also assisting with certification. * Any plans for an umbrella brand for organic products? We want to brand Karnataka’s organic products and millets. It has been a work in progress. * What has been your experience on reviving millets? Thearea under millets, which had gone down, is now beginning to look up after we started to incentivise production of ragi and jowar from 2013-14 through subsidised seeds, guaranteed buyback and providing bonusover the MSP. We now have around 20 lakh ha under millets, mainly jowarand ragi. The area under other millets such as foxtail and barnyard millet is around 30,000 ha. The awareness of millet is still low.We want to position millets as a healthy food and our own alternative to oats or quinoa, which are not grown by our farmers. With drought and climate change becoming an increasing reality, they are most suited for water deficit and drought conditions. They require far lesser chemical fertilisers and virtually zero sprays or pesticides. For farmers, they are a hardy and low-risk crop. For millets such as foxtail, proso and barnyard, it is difficult to come up with a programme. But once the market picks up, I am expecting their prices to pick up and that could act as an incentive. There could be a spurt in prices of these millets in one or two years.     The Hindu Business Line, 7 April, 2017, please click here to access   Image Courtesy: The Hindu Business Line