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.
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
Secretary
Dr. Claude Alvares
Executive Members
Co-opted Member
Mr Kr. Rajendra Singh Rathod
Cell: 09754490525
Elected National Steering Committee Members
Gujarat
Smt. Ramaben
Ph:02622-220095 / 220258, Cell: 09377774764
Karnataka
Mr.B.K.Naganna
Cell: 9900434747
Kerala
Ms Anuradha Sarang
Kerala
Shri. Johny Mathew
Maharashtra
Nilkant Shinde
Maharashtra
Ms. Trupti Gautam
Cell: 9765155410
Maharashtra
Shri. Jayant Barve
Maharashtra
Shyam Sawant
Cell: 9850557261
Tamil Nadu
Mr. P.B. Murali
Tamil Nadu
Mr. M. Sethuraman
Ph:04364236467 Cell:9952844467
Tamil Nadu
Mrs. A. Kalaivani
Cell: 9865485221
Uttar Pradesh
Shri. Bharatendu Prakash
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
Madhya Pradesh
Mr Kr. Rajendra Singh Rathod
Cell: 09754490525
Rajasthan
Mr Yogesh Joshi
Delhi/Himachal
Mr. Ashish Gupta
Youth Representative
Mr A Satishkumar
Cell: 09842651456
Membership Details ↓
Members from across India.
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.