Sikkim: World's First 100% Organic State || Receives UN Award ||

sabya · May 13, 2019, 7:27pm

Sikkim receives UN award for becoming world’s first 100 percent organic state . The award is co organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the World Future Council (WFC) and IFOAM – Organics International.

“Let us build an organic world together,” Chief Minister Kumar Chamling, Sikkim Democratic Front- said while accepting the award from* FAO’s* Deputy Director Maria Helena Semedo, who praised the state for setting an example.

Sikkim’s organic farming policy is said to have benefited over 66,000 farming families and boosted incoming tourism.

Italian MP Rossella Muroni, the Free and Equal Party leader on the Environment Committee, congratulated Chamling and Sikkim for their pioneering work and showing how organic farming is possible. As per Action Plan 2003 the first step in the process of making the shift towards organic was to get rid of the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, creating awareness among farmers for the benefits of organic food.

Profile of Sikkim State

Sikkim formally became part of the Indian Union in 1975 as India’s 22nd state.
Spreading over an area of 7,096 sq kms, this landlocked state, Sikkim comprises of 4 Districts, 9 Subdivisions, 453 Revenue Blocks and 452 villages.
Situated at an altitude of approximately 27 deg. North and longitude of approximately 88 deg. East.
It has a very thin population of only 5.40 lakhs (2001 census) with a population density of 76 per sq. km.
Out of the 4 districts, the East Sikkim district is the most populous one.
Farming and tourism are the mainstay of public life.

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Shrut19 · May 13, 2019, 7:48pm

Namskar…

** @sabya **

It’s great to read, that Sikkim is a World’s First 100% Organic State Receives UN Award

Thank you for sharing…

Giuseppe75 · May 13, 2019, 8:52pm

Hello @sabya , I liked so much your well descriptive post and thank you for sharing this important award given to Sikkim.

It’s so good and inspiring reading about such extraordinary examples of sustainable communities.

I would love to think that organic farming could become soon a mandatory process everywhere for a better life.

I am sure that @ErmesT will be happy to read your good news.

sabya · May 13, 2019, 9:06pm

Thanks much @Giuseppe75 Your comments were always been feast for my eyes and ears.

Kol-Colleen_2018 · May 13, 2019, 9:17pm

That’s excellent news!

Let’s hope other countries follow in the footsteps of Sikkim!

Kol-Colleen

Dinakar1 · May 17, 2019, 2:07am

Another lovely post @sabya and superb photography. You have special talent in taking photos. We could never imagine this to be part of India ( it looks similar to the ones in Bali, Indonesia, where I had visited)

Can you please mention the type of cameras used so that guys like me in Connect would be curious.

Cheers

Dinakar

Bangalore India