Which of the following State has been declared as India’s first State to have adopted organic farming ?

🔑 Key Points
Sikkim:
→ India’s first 100 percent organic state. All farming in Sikkim is carried out without the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, providing access to safer food choices and making agriculture a more environment-friendly activity.
→ When the Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) visited 16 farms spread over the four districts of the state (North Sikkim, South Sikkim, West Sikkim, and East Sikkim) in November 2016, it found that the farmers’ experience of organic farming was far from satisfactory. The findings of this survey hold lessons for the rest of the country.
→ Sikkim is famous for red hot cherry pepper Dalle Khursani, which has earned its Geographical Indication (GI) tag.

📌 Important Points
→ Organic Farming: Agriculture in an organic way involves the use of many non-chemical inputs like manure, compost, animal manure, plants and trees, fruits and vegetables, etc.
→ It should be noted that the production of foodstuff needs lots of inputs, which will be consumed in the form of fertilizer, insecticides, pesticides, etc. These chemicals do no good to the soil and ultimately they are stored in the water, which has to be cleaned and treated regularly.
→ So, the key point of agriculture in an organic way is to increase the biological productivity in the agricultural field, and this can be achieved with the help of biological products like manure, compost, animal dung, etc.