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Government Of Assam Department of Agriculture & Horticulture Assam Small Farmers’ Agri Business Consortium (ASFAC)

Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region

Mission Objectives

  • To develop crop commodity specific organic value chain and address gaps in organic crop production, wild crop harvesting, organic livestock management and processing handling and marketing of organic agricultural products through:
  1. Developing crop specific organic production clusters with necessary infrastructural, technical and financial support
  2. By facilitating partnerships between farmers and organic businesses: Local enterprises and/or Farmer Producer Companies based on back-to-back long-term trade relations with clients in domestic and export markets.
  3. By providing enabling environment for project initiatives and development programs with necessary support for organic value chain development and create market access.
  • To empower producers with program ownership by organizing them into FIGs with the final aim to federate into farmer producer organizations/ companies.
  • To replace conventional farming/subsistence farming system into local resource based, self sustainable, high value commercial organic enterprise.
  • Developing commodity specific commercial organic value chain under integrated and concentrated approach with end-to-end facilities for production, processing, storage and marketing.
  • Development of organic parks/zones with facilities for collection, aggregation, value addition, processing, storage and market-linkages for specific commodities requiring capital intensive technology.
  • Develop NER products as brands/labels through brand building and facilitating stronger marketing access under the ownership of growers‟ organizations/ companies.
  • Creating state specific lead agency (Organic Commodity Board or Organic Mission) for coordinating, monitoring, supporting and financing the development and operationalization of entire value chain.