Charyulu and Biswas (2010), in their study, “Organic Input Production and Marketing in India –

Efficiency, Issues and Policies” stated that, being perceived as solution provider to environment
issues, conservation of resources and food quality, organic farming, albeit being able to attract
attention over the past few years has not been able to grow rampantly mainly because of latent
interest and reluctance of farmers to convert to organic farming, which is because of the
perceived higher costs and risks involved.

Narayanan (2005), in his paper, “Organic farming in India: Relevance, problems and constraints”
explained that, the reason behind the high success of organic farming in some countries is the
increasing awareness of health problems and environment issues, massive support from
government and organizations like the European Union, International Federation of Organic
Agriculture Movements(IFOAM). Also, strong marketing networks of the farms, processing and
distribution along with stringent certification programme also adds to the growth of organic
farming.