organic livestock

1. Organic Goat Produce: Opportunities and
Challenges
V. Pathak
Director Research
Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam
Go-Anusandhan Sansthan, Mathura

2. Importance of Livestock Sector
• Sustainability of rural economies and many
ecosystems
• Contribution to Total GDP 6.17% in 2020-21
from 3.94% in 2010-11
• Contribution to Agricultural GDP 30.87%in
2020-21 from 20% in 2010-11
• Employs about 8.8% of the population and
provides livelihood to two third of rural
communities in India

3. Goat Produce
• First position in terms of goat population and
milk production
• As per 20th Livestock Census-148.88 million
numbers
• total milk production from goats in 2021-2022
was 6.46 million tones contributing about 2.93%
of the total milk production across the country
• The chevon production in 2021-2022 was 1.26
million tons accounting to 13.63% to the total
meat production (BAHS, 2022)

4. History of Organic Agriculture
• Ancient civilizations such as the Greeks, Romans,
and Chinese used natural methods to grow crops,
including composting and crop rotation.
• Sir Albert Howard, recognized the importance of
organic farming in mid 19th Century
• The modern organic farming movement began in
the early 20th century, with the introduction of
biodynamic farming by Austrian philosopher
Rudolf Steiner.
• Lord Walter Northboure was the first to use the
term ‘Organic’-method of farming

5. History…..
• In the 1930s, J.J. Rodale founded the Rodale Institute and
began promoting the benefits of organic farming
• In 1972, the US Congress passed the Organic Foods
Production Act, which established the National Organic
Program and provided standards for Organic Farming and
labeling.
• The International Federation of Organic Agriculture
Movements (IFOAM) was founded in 1972 and has since
become a global network of organic farming organizations.
• 1973 - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) was
founded In Switzerland
• 1978 - Creation of FNAB, the National Federation of Organic
Farming in France
• 1980 - IFOAM defines the basic standards and
regulations relating to the certification of organic agriculture

6. History…..
• 1983 - Austria becomes the first country to establish organic
farming guidelines.
• 1985 - Creation of the Agriculture Biologique (AB) mark, the logo
for organic products
• 1990 - Law on Organic Agriculture adopted in the United States
• 1991 - The European Union provides a legal framework for the
designation of organic agriculture (No. 2092/91, revised in 1999,
834/2007 and 889/2008)
• 1997 - The first National Organic Program (NOP) is released by the
USDA.
• 1999 - Codex Alimentarius, a commission run by the UN's World
Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization,
sanctions international guidelines to cultivate, process, market, and
label organic foods
• 2000 - The JAS Standards for organic plants and organic processed
foods of plant origin were established in Japan

7. Indian Perspective
• Highest number of producers (13,66,000)
• 2.30 million hectares of farmland was under organic
cultivation (2% of net sown area)
• Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra
account for 50% area under organic cultivation

8. Indian Perspective.....
• National Programme
for Organic
Production (NPOP):
standards for organic
production, systems,
criteria and
procedure for
accreditation of
certification Bodies,

10. PGS-India
• Participatory Guarantee
System of India is a
quality assurance
initiative that is locally
relevant, emphasize the
participation of
stakeholders, including
producers and
consumers and operate
outside the frame of
third party certification.

11. Organic Livestock Standards
a. Natural breeding
b. Protection of animal health and welfare
c. Fed with organic feed and fodder
d. Access to grazing in organic fields
e. Freedom to express natural behaviour
f. Reduction of stress
g. Prohibition of use of chemically synthesized
allopathic veterinary drugs, antibiotics,
hormones, growth boosters, feed additives etc

12. Crop
Production
No mutilations
Conversion
Period
Health care and Medicines
Transport/ Slaughter
Bee
Keeping
Breeds and
Brought in
animals
Standard Requirements for Animal Production
Conversion Requirements
General
Habitat and behavioral needs
Animal Nutrition

13. Conversion Period
• Livestock production unit-12 months
• Bovine including buffalo
i. Meat products: 12 months
ii. Calves for meat production: 6 months;
iii. Milk products: Six (6) months.
• Sheep, Goat and pigs; 6 months

14. Breeding
• Natural
• Artificial insemination is allowed.
• Embryo transfer techniques are not
allowed
• Hormonal heat treatment and induced
birth are not allowed
• The use of genetically engineered species
or breeds are not allowed

15. Prohibited substances
• Synthetic growth promoters or stimulants
• Synthetic appetizers
• Preservatives, except when used as a processing aid
• Artificial colouring agents
• Urea
• Farm animal by-products (e.g. abattoir waste) to ruminants
• Droppings, dung or other manure (all types of excreata) even if
technologically processed
• Feed subjected to solvent (e.g. hexane), extraction (soya and rape seed
meal) or the addition of other chemical agents
• Pure amino acids
• Genetically engineered organisms or products thereof

16. Veterinary Health Care
• Natural systems of medicine allowed
• Conventional veterinary medicines with
increased withholding time
• Vaccination only when need justified
• Legally enforced vaccinations allowed
• Genetically engineered vaccines
prohibited
• Synthetic growth promoters, harmones
prohibited

17. Organic Milk
• The Indian organic milk market reached a
value of US$ 6,082 Million in 2021.
• Expected to reach US$ 29,361 Million by 2027
• Matratva Dairy-IIM Aluminus-2014
• Klimom-2015 Hyderabad sells organic milk &
Indian sweets
• Milk India Company-2018-Bangalore

18. Top organic brands in India
1. Akshayakalpa in Bangalore
2. Annam Milk in Chennai
3. Sid’s Farm in Hyderabad
4. Organic Milk in Delhi,
5. Pure Milk in Kolkata
6. TruMilk in Punjab, Delhi, Gurugram
7. Pride of Cows in Mumbai, Pune, Surat
8. Kesariya Farm in Mumbai
9. The A2 Dairy in Ranchi
10.Amrit Milk in Lucknow

19. Organic Meat
• Organic meat value US$ 17.4 billion
• CAGR of 8.6% during the 2022-2027.
• Largest market North America
• Largest growing market Asia Pacific

20. Organic meat market share

21. Benefits of organic milk
Avoid antibiotic, synthetic growth hormone,
and pesticide residues
Higher levels heart-healthy omega-3 fatty
acids.
Prevents antibiotic resistant
 Focus on the health and natural behavior of
livestock.
Helps mitigate climate change.

22. Growth hormone levels in milk

23. Pesticides in milk Antibiotics in milk

24. Benefits of organic meat
No antibiotics, synthetic growth hormones,
GMOs, or pesticides
The health and natural behavior of animals
are prioritized
Organic meat production helps protect the
environment
Better nutrition
Climate resilient

25. Opportunities
• Entrepreneurial Opportunities
• Fetch premium price
• Ethno veterinary practices
• Exports
• Green industry
• Minimum use of agrochemicals
• Low inputs

26. Challenges
Awareness
Certification
Labour Intensive
Documentation
Productivity
Costs
Market

27. Conclusions
India has vast potential for organic livestock
products production
Growing demand
Climate resilient
Health benefits
Export potential
Use of indigenous technical knowledge