Our Forum

The Organic Farmer Producer Association of India (OFPAI) is a community-based grass-roots association. Individual farmers, women farmers, traders, manufacturers, exporters, scientists and students are stakeholders in this forum. It is evolving as one of India's largest organizations, providing various services to stakeholders in organic agriculture. OFPAI is a platform for farmers to get practical information from cultivation to harvest, organic certification and market information to sell. Also, farmers get vital know-how for processing or trading the produce. Likewise, manufacturers, traders, scientists, exporters and students also tend to get desired services for quality organic produce at reasonable prices, information for setting up processing units, documentation for organic certification for cultivation, trading, handling, manufacturing, export etc.

The mission of OFPAI was prompted by the pain and agony caused by chemical and synthetic inputs pioneered by the Green Revolution. The OFPAI has evolved as a result of constant efforts and dedication to instill society with the desire to make Mother Nature prosper with imperishable abundance and sustainable life systems. OFPAI is committed to protecting India's ecology and sustainable credentials for future generations. We are a civil-society movement that works as a platform with a deep compassion for nature as a whole. The OFPAI's mission is to promote ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, as well as the abundant availability of ORGANIC FOOD to society at a non-premium price.

OFPAI is committed to protecting farmers’ rights to land, income security, a good livelihood and agricultural sovereignty. Forum is working to ensure the protection of consumers’ rights to safe and healthy food. OFPAI is working on grass-roots activation with decentralized participatory methods encompassing arenas of sustainable agriculture, conservation of ecology, natural resources, environmental health and cultural aspects of ecology. Bringing stakeholders, particularly farmers, on board, OFPAI is fixing the missing links to enhance capacities, enabling sustainable development and judicious use of natural resources.

OFPAI is working on a mission to help farmers shun chemical and synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.

OFPAI comprises representative growers, processors, certifiers, farmer associations, distributors, importers, exporters, consultants, retailers and others involved in the organic sector. Members work together through networking, advocacy and other initiatives to encourage and protect organic farming practices. Also, OFPAI activates communication channels to spread the organic and sustainable word to consumers, the media and policymakers.