Pakistan Organic Association – Supporting Pakistan's organic movement

Serving the needs of the organic community

Supporting Pakistan's organic movement

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

ESTABLISHING multi-dimensional supply chains

POLICY INTERVENTIONS

Why organic agriculture?

Sustainability with all of its four dimensions i.e. economic, environmental, social and cultural, lies in the heart of organic agriculture.

Through organic agriculture, we are looking towards

Biodiversity, soil fertility, ecological and environmental friendliness to deal with climate changes

Safe and healthy food production and consumption especially for better national health system

To execute cost effective production without the use of expensive external inputs

Support in food security and livelihood

Rural development

Ecopreneurship

Export growth with new knowledge, which supports economic development

ORGANIC agriculture in pakistan

Pakistan has 12 agro-ecological zones having more than 35 types of crop and livestock where mixed farming systems are practicing. This diversification provides a competitive advantage for the cultivation of valued crops, fruits, and vegetables throughout the year particularly naturally organic across the various regions.

Organic Statistics

The area under organic agriculture in Pakistan is about 1.51 million hectares as compared to inorganic, which is 22.6 million hectares. Therefore, a notable presence of organic agriculture with strong potential for domestic and international market development exists in Pakistan.

The internationally certified organic agriculture land in Pakistan is 64,885 hectare , which still compromised only 0.2 percent of total land with 415 certified producers and 26 processors. The wild collection of organic production is 44,620 hectare which makes total certified area around 109,505 ha in Pakistan.

Organic statistics

The area under organic agriculture in Pakistan is about 1.51 million hectares as compare to inorganic which is 22.6 million hectare. Therefore a notable presence of organic agriculture with strong potential of domestic and international market development exists in Pakistan.