International Competence Centre For Organic Agriculture

International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture is introducing a new Certificate Program in Organic Agriculture ( CPOA ). This CPOA is a vocational course of six months duration and successful completion of this course will lead to placements in companies and organizations that implements projects on Organic Adoption and Group Certification.The participants / Students will be provided hands-on trainings in implementing such projects for getting farmer-clusters certified and linked to markets.

This project has covered 500 ha. of land in Arunachal Pradesh. It has benefited 250 farmers.

ICCOA is the organization that has been instrumental in facilitating trade and marketing of organic agriculture produce from India by organizing India’s biggest & exclusive annual event on organic agribusiness famously known as the India Organic Trade Fairs. Started in 2005, India Organic Trade Fair (IOTF) has grown remarkably in magnitude. IOTF provides a window to the broad spectrum of agribusiness growth of India in the global arena. Today, IOTF stands for growth, power, professional competence and internationality in the field of Organic growth in India. It has therefore become a reflection of the dynamic development of the market, leveraging India’s intra-country as well as global trading strength.

ICCOA has initiated its Market Development Program in three parallel directions such as (a) Vegetables - Bangalore, (b) Spices - Nagaland, (c) Trade Fairs & Workshops.

ICCOA has got the support/fund to jump start this HOCP mega project from the source i.e. the Dept. of Horticulture , Govt. of Haryana. This project has to be finished in this running year, 2011.

This programme sees that ICCOA functions as an interface organization for all organic stakeholders and submits policy recommendations to concerned authorities for supporting the development of organic agriculture and organic business.

This programme deals with technological needs of organic agriculture.

This programme deals with capacity building of all stakeholders of the organic business in India through extensive training courses and seminars. It supports project partners to acquire the know-how on how to ensure a professional and sustainable development of the organic market.

This programme works on the harmonization of input approval at national level. Provides information on available inputs, and builds up expertise in input approval. It aims to build the brand image of the Indian Organic Guarantee System on the domestic and international level.

The objective of the programme is to enhance the market opportunities for Indian organic and fair trade products on international, regional and local markets. The focus of the programme is on

International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture is introducing a new Certificate Program in Organic Agriculture ( CPOA ). This CPOA is a vocational course of six months duration and successful completion of this course will lead to placements in companies and organizations that implements projects on Organic Adoption and Group Certification.The participants / Students will be provided hands-on trainings in implementing such projects for getting farmer-clusters certified and linked to markets.