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According to the ITC, UNCTAD/GAT, more than 130 countries produce certified organic foods. 100 of them are from Asia and Africa.
Internationally, there's a definite shift towards traditional / ethnic medicines. Since spices form part of many of these medicines, the demand for organically produced spices should grow.
Organic cultivation is nothing new to India. The country has always been practising the traditional ways of using indigenous technologies and inputs mostly in line with modern organic farming principles. The per capita consumption of fertilizers and pesticides in India is far below that of developed countries. Which means, it is very easy for Indian farmers to embrase organic spice farming in its true sense.
Spice Board of India has taken a major initiative in promoting the production and export of organic spices in a big way.