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:

• To promote nature-friendly, scientific farming systems and practices that are economically viable, energy efficient, climate-friendly, oriented towards the conservation of the environment and the empowerment of rural communities and building upon indigenous and traditional knowledge, skills and practices. The association aims to help organize farm-households and families engaged in organic farming and connected activities into a recognizable entity that will effectively represent their interests at local, state, regional and national levels.
• To enable farm-households engaged in organic farming to create the necessary infrastructure and facilities for them to select, save and exchange seeds and rootstock of various crops with each other in situ and ex situ; [more]

Office Bearers

PRESIDENT
Sarvdaman Patel- Cell: 9825045730, Email: sarvdamanpatel@yahoo.com

SECRETARY
Dr. Claude Alvares- Cell: 9552995186, Email: ofaigoa@gmail.com

TREASURER
Jayant Barve- Cell 9422615878, Email: jjbarve@gmail.com

Elected Managing Committee Members

Mr Sarvdaman Patel, PRESIDENT
Cell: 9825045730, Email: sarvdamanpatel@yahoo.com

Dr. Claude Alvares, SECRETARY
Cell: – 9420151802, Email.ofaigoa@gmail.com

Mr. Jayant Barve, TREASURER
Cell: 9422615878, Email: jjbarve@yahoo.com

EXECUTIVE MEMBERS

Mr. Babu .P
Ph: 080-25283370 / 080-25213104, Email: icrablr@gmail.com, icra@vsnl.com

Ms Anuradha Sarang
Ph: 04924 209038, Cell: 09447114482, Email: sylvia.das@gmail.com

Mr. P.B. Murali
Ph No.: 044 24991203, H/Ph No.: 9380691203, E-mail: pbm50@rediffmail.com

Mr. Bharatendu Prakash
Cell: 09452508251, Email: ofai.north@gmail.com

Mr. Ashish Gupta
Cell: 9810348193, Email: ashishg2dec@gmail.com

Mr Yogesh Joshi
Ph: 02979-224526, Cell: 09950489820, Email: tiadco.sanchore@hotmail.com

CO-OPTED MEMBER

Mr Kr. Rajendra Singh Rathod
Cell: 09754490525

Elected National Steering Committee Members

GOA
Dr. Claude Alvares
Cell: – 9420151802, Email.ofaigoa@gmail.com

Ms Yogita Mehra
Ph.: 0832 2451823, Cell: 9960643245, Email: yogitamehra@gmail.com

GUJARAT
Shri. Sarvdaman Patel
Ph.: 02692 281664, Cell: 09825045730, Email: sarvdamanpatel@yahoo.com

Smt. Ramaben
Ph:02622-220095 / 220258, Cell: 09377774764

Shri Kapil Shah
Ph: 0265 2371429, 2371880, 2372593, Mob:- 09427054132, Email: jatantrust@sify.com,
jatantrust@gmail.com, jatan@satyam.net.in

KARNATAKA
Mr.B.K.Naganna
Cell: 9900434747

Mr.Ragava
Cell: 94489 23773

Mr. Babu .P
Ph: 080-25283370 / 080-25213104, Email:icrablr@gmail.com,icra@vsnl.com

KERALA
Shri. Johny Mathew
Phone: 04828 286138, Mob: 09447086138, Email: johnymtptklm@rediffmail.com

Ms Anuradha Sarang
Ph: 04924 209038, Cell: 09447114482, Email: sylvia.das@gmail.com

Mr Jose Sebastian

MAHARASHTRA
Shri. Jayant Barve
Ph: – 02347 272141, Mob: 09422615878, Email: jjbarve@yahoo.com

TAMILNADU
Mr. P.B. Murali
Ph No.: 044 24991203, H/Ph No.: 9380691203, E-mail: pbm50@rediffmail.com

2) Mr. M. Sethuraman,
Ph:04364236467 Cell:9952844467

3) Mrs.A. Kalaivani,
Cell: 9865485221

UTTAR PRADESH
Shri. Bharatendu Prakash
Mob: 09452508251, Email: ofai.north@gmail.com

Mr K.K.Bhartiya
Phone: 05192-220299, Cell: 09839625828

MADHYA PRADESH
Ms. Uttarabai Thakur
Cell: 09589660304, 09893472103

Mr. Ajit Sharad Kelkar
Ph: 0731-2493613, Cell: 09424877363, Email: ahrdo@rediffmail.com

Mr Kr. Rajendra Singh Rathod
Cell: 09754490525

DELHI/HIMACHAL PRADESH
Mr. Ashish Gupta
Cell: 9810348193, Email: ashishg2dec@gmail.com

RAJASTHAN
Mr Yogesh Joshi
Ph: 02979-224526, Cell: 09950489820, Email: tiadco.sanchore@hotmail.com

YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE

Mr A Satishkumar
Cell:09842651456

Membership Details

Membership fees as per bye-laws of the association:

Individuals: Rs.100 per year

Non-profit organizations: Rs.1,000 per year

Companies: Rs.5,000 per year

All members are entitled in the first year of membership to four free issues of The Living Field newsletter.

Membership is valid from 1 April – 31 March every year. Fees can be paid for more than one year at a time in advance. (Please note: Since OFAI state secretariats are managed by NGOs, membership may be required to be paid in the name of the NGO concerned and not OFAI. Receipt may also be given by the concerned organization. However, the applicant will get a membership certificate from OFAI, after the fee is transmitted to the central secretariat of the organization by the state secretariat concerned.) [More]

OFAI Members State wise

Andhra Pradesh
Bihar
Goa
Gujarat
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
Uttar Pradesh
Other states