Organisation

OFAI was set up by the Indian organic farming community, environmentalists and social activists in order to promote organic farming, lobby for its official adoption by the Indian government, assist farmers dependent on chemicals to convert to organic systems, help organic farmers with marketing their organic produce and advise its members on how to educate their children outside the urban-oriented school system so that they could be excellent stewards of the lands they inherit.

Mission and goals →

The Organic Farming Association of India has been formed with the following objectives.

Office Bearers ↓

OFAI was set up by the Indian organic farming community, environmentalists and social activists in order to promote organic farming, lobby for its official adoption by the Indian government.

Elected Managing Committee Members

President
Mr. Sarvdaman Patel
Email | Cell: 9825045730
Secretary
Dr. Claude Alvares
Email | Cell: 9552 995186
Treasurer
Jayant Barve
Email | Cell: 9422615878

Executive Members

Mr. Babu .P
Email | Cell: 080-25283370 / 080-25213104
Mr. Ashish Gupta
Email | Cell: 9810348193
Mr. Bharatendu Prakash
Email | Cell: 09425814405 & 09452508251
Mr. P.B. Murali
Email | Ph No.: 044 24991203, H/Ph No.: 9380691203
Ms Anuradha Sarang
Email | Ph: 04924 209038, Cell: 09447114482

Co-opted Member

Mr Kr. Rajendra Singh Rathod
Cell: 09754490525

Elected National Steering Committee Members

Goa
Dr. Claude Alvares
Email | Cell: 9552995186
Goa
Ms Yogita Mehra
Email | Ph.: 0832-2451360, Cell: 9960643245
Gujarat
Sarvdaman Patel
Email | Ph.: 02692 281664, Cell: 09825045730
Gujarat
Smt. Ramaben
Ph:02622-220095 / 220258, Cell: 09377774764
Gujarat
Shri Kapil Shah
Email | Ph: 0265 2371429, 2371880, 2372593, Mob:- 09427054132
Karnataka
Mr. Babu .P
Email | Ph: 080-25283370 / 080-25213104
Karnataka
Mr.B.K.Naganna
Cell: 9900434747
Karnataka
Mr. Ragava
Email | Cell: 94489 23773
Kerala
Ms Anuradha Sarang
Email | Ph: 04924 209038, Cell: 09447114482
Kerala
Shri. Johny Mathew
Email | Phone: 04828 286138, Mob: 09447086138
Kerala
Mr Jose Sebastian
Email | Cell: 09447011061
Maharashtra
Nilkant Shinde
Email | Cell:8975274523/9922866392
Maharashtra
Ms. Trupti Gautam
Cell: 9765155410
Maharashtra
Shri. Jayant Barve
Email | Ph: – 02347 272141, Mob: 09422615878
Maharashtra
Shyam Sawant
Cell: 9850557261
Tamil Nadu
Mr. P.B. Murali
Email | Ph No.: 044 24991203, H/Ph No.: 9380691203
Tamil Nadu
Mr. M. Sethuraman
Ph:04364236467 Cell:9952844467
Tamil Nadu
Mrs. A. Kalaivani
Cell: 9865485221
Uttar Pradesh
Shri. Bharatendu Prakash
Email | Cell: 09425814405
Uttar Pradesh
Mr K.K.Bhartiya
Ph: 05192-220299, Cell: 09839625828
Madhya Pradesh
Ms. Uttarabai Thakur
Cell: 09589660304, 09893472103
Madhya Pradesh
Mr. Ajit Sharad Kelkar
Email | Ph: 0731-2493613, Cell: 09424877363
Madhya Pradesh
Mr Kr. Rajendra Singh Rathod
Cell: 09754490525
Rajasthan
Mr Yogesh Joshi
Email | Ph: 02979-224526, Cell: 09950489820
Delhi/Himachal
Mr. Ashish Gupta
Email | Cell: 9810348193

Youth Representative

Mr A Satishkumar
Cell: 09842651456

Certification →

OFAI offers its members two different procedures for organic farm certification: ‘Participatory Guarantee System’ (PGS) and the ‘Third Party Appraisal’ (TPS).

Reports ↓

Reports of workshops organised by OFAI, its State-level secretariats, members and others from the organic farming community.

Report of Organic Field School, Himachal Pradesh, 9-11, June 2011

Workshops on Natural Farming, Haryana, May 2011 (Hindi)

Workshops on Natural Farming, Haryana, May 2011 (English)