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Indian State of Mizoram Goes Organic

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=43377

 

MIZORAM, INDIA, March 19, 2004: The small state of Mizoram will soon become

the first state in India to officially declare its status as organic. Led by

Governor A.R. Kohli, the government is drafting a new law that will ban the

sale of chemical fertilizers in the state. The governor does not expect any

opposition to the new bill as most farmers already have refrained from using

chemical fertilizer because of the high price. Kohli says, "It is time to

encash the fact that much of the produce is free of poison. And these fetch

as much as 30 per cent to 50 per cent more in the international market. The

government would simultaneously encourage bio-fertilisers like

vermicomposting and organic manure from leaves. After one year, we plan to

call an international agency to certify Mizoram as an organic state." After

profit has been generated from the organic produce industry, the state would

like to do away with huge transport subsidies. The article also points out

that a $500 million project along the Kaladan river that runs through

Mizoram and Myanmar before entering Bay of Bengal will be a major milestone

in the development of the state.

 

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