Area of Operation & Membership

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HIMOARD has complete Himachal Pradesh as an area of operation covering all the 12 Distts. It has at present 3200 members registered with the society. The society is primarily involved in promotion of organic farming. 644 Farms have been certified during the year 2007-08 with the objective to supply organic produce in the Indian consumer market, where as 132 farms have already been brought under certification from Skal International Netherland during the year 2006-07 with the purpose to exploit export potential of organic produce, who have qualified the standards established under Indian NSOP (National Standard on Organic Production), NOP USDA organic and EU 2091-92. The response to organic farming is very encouraging and number of registration is likely to swell to 4000 and above by the end of this year.