MIONP - Make India Organic, Natural and Profitable

Overview

Krishi Jagran, India’s largest agri-media network with a reach of over 50 million farmers monthly, proudly presents Mission 2047: MIONP, Bharat Ka Jaivik Jagaran is needed to make Profitable Transition for Jaivik Bharat (PTJB) a reality. This ambitious initiative envisions a fully organic, natural, and profitable farming ecosystem in India by 2047, aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and India’s aspiration to become a global powerhouse for sustainable agriculture through achieving $1 Trillion export target by 2047.

Profitable easy transition to Organic/ Natural Farming is claimed by many but have not been adopted by the mainstream. A scientific and commercial framework for majority of the crops have not been used to validate the claims and demonstrations by many. The key aim of this workshop is to deliberate and create this framework with the help of the farmers, the scientific communities, the NGOs and the input providers and create a grand challenge for the community to come up and demonstrate profitable transition and validate the technologies, the products, and the protocols for at least top 20 commercial crops.

Focus Area

[ "One crop goal of profitable transition" ]

Enhancing Farm Yard Manure Quality & Efficiency
New technologies for improving FYM composting speed and quality, Effective bio-digestion of crop residue, Approaches for increasing organic matter content in soils to 5-7%
Restoring Soil Fertility
Restoring soil fertility through by achieving better gas exchange, water retention, biological diversity & population with increasing the organic matter content of soils to 5-7%.
Technologies for Maintaining and Improving Crop Yields
Crop management approaches for reducing chemical fertilizers, Alternate nutrition management approaches, Improving crop produce quality and shelf life
Reducing Water Consumption and Restoring Ground Water Table
New cropping systems with less water requirement, Water and heast stress management - New technologies and approaches, Improving soil infiltration for better ground water recharge
Efficient Crop Care Through Biological Pesticides & Natural Repellents
Advancement in biological pest management technologies, New generation bio-based weed control methods, Improving consistency and relaibility of bio-pesticides
Precision Farming & Digital Technology in Agriculture
Precision technologies for effective input management and improved yields, New developments in Agri-tech for effective pest and disease management, New development in precision mechanization - Drones/ Micro irrigation. Digital Agriculture including adoption of AI and ML based technology.
Capacity Building for Testing of Inputs and Outputs for Organic Product
To ensure all inputs in Organic farms are meeting quality standards, and produce of organic farming need to be tested by standard and accredited labs. These labs need to be established at multiple locations to build credibility and confidence.
Organic/Desi Seed Development and Utilization
Developing and promoting organic and desi seeds to create complete eco system for profitable organic farming. Desi seeds are found to be more resilient to adverse conditions.

Proposed 20 Crops

Field Crops

Paddy
Corn
Groundnut / Soybean
Wheat
Mustard
Tobacco

Cash Crops / Vegetables

Sugarcane
Cotton
Banana
Potato
Tomato
Brinjal
Okra
Chilli / Capsicum
Onion / Garlic
Turmeric / Ginger

Orchards

Mango/ Litchi
Orange / Kinnow
Pomegranate
Guava

The Grand Challenge

This Grand Challenge can offer 3 categories of transition:

01
50% reduction in chemical fertilizers and crop care inputs.
02
75% reduction of Chemical Fertilizers and Crop Care Inputs.
03
100% reduction of Chemical Fertilizers and Crop Care Inputs.

All reductions in first crop cycle itself, ensuring equal or higher profitability for the farmers at market price of farm produce

To be part of this Grand Challenge, input producing companies, their consortium, NGO groups, Start-ups, Cooperatives, Research Institutions or individuals can participate where during the first year they demonstrate the protocols with top 20 crops in 5 - 1 Acre plots in different agroclimatic zones which can be guided by ICAR. The demonstrations should be done with progressive farmers already doing high profitable farming with their existing practices. They can be identified through ICAR/ KJ

Interested in the Grand Challenge? Apply to Participate in the MIONP Grand Challenge

This initiative ensures scientific rigor and actionable insights. The workshop will bring together key stakeholders from India and around the world to address the challenges of achieving a profitable transition to Organic/ Jaivik/ Natural farming from the very first crop cycle. Primary focus will be “One crop goal of profitable transition”

Agenda

Vision and Global Insights Morning Session - 9.30 AM - 13.00 PM

Inauguration & Keynote Address

Mission 2047: To be a Global Leader to produce Nutritionally dense, safe, tasty agro produce.

Global Learnings

Presentations by international representatives from Bhutan, Denmark, and New Zealand on their key learnings with a clarity on profitability, time of transition and the final yield parameters.

Workshop Afternoon Session - 14.00 PM - 18.00 PM

Workshop Session (8 themes)

Farmer, Technology providers, Scientists and Academic community & Experts will deliberate in an open format session with each group headed by a Chairman and a Co-chairman to lead the deliberation and presentation to create the framework of evaluating the success of the demonstrations with respect to the specific challenge. At the same time, document the currently known best technologies, products, and protocols to address the challenge.

Workshop Morning Session: 9:30AM - 13:00PM

Workshop Session (8 Themes)

Presentation of Chairman and Co-Chairman 14:00 PM - 16:30 PM

Chairman, Co-chairman of each group will present in 10 minutes each with flexibility of 20-30 minutes to summarise the outcome of the group’s finding and conclusions.

Valedictory Session 17:00 PM Onwrds

Conclusion

Concluding remarks by the dignitaries and proposed guidelines and time frame on Grand Challenge Execution in the Kharif seasons of 2025.