Hyderabad:Agriculture officials acknowledged that until recently, the lack of a recognised state‑level organic certification body constrained Telangana’s ability to access overseas markets, even as national studies note that India’s organic exports have already crossed ₹5,000 crore annually and are growing at a compound rate of around 15–20 per cent.
The accreditation of Telangana Seed and Organic Certification Authority (TSSOCA), by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), has plugged this gap, enabling Telangana’s certified organic produce—from paddy, pulses, oilseeds, cotton seed, chilli and medicinal crops—to meet international standards and become eligible for export consignments, APEDA‑linked functionaries said.
A professor of an agriculture university said the state’s diverse agro‑climatic zones, including fertile black soils in the interior and cooler high‑altitude belts, provide a strong natural base for value‑added organic exports to West Asia, Southeast Asia and Europe, where “India Organic” labels increasingly command a premium.
The TG Organics app will carry only those farmers whose fields and produce have been inspected and certified by TSSOCA. Every listed product will be traceable back to a certified farm, and buyers can verify authenticity through the associated scope and transaction certificates, valid for one year, TSSOCA authorities said. This is expected to sharply reduce the circulation of counterfeit organic products and give genuine growers a stronger competitive edge.
Broader projections by agricultural economists suggest that if Telangana can scale up its certified organic acreage to 10–15 lakh acres over the next decade, the state could realistically capture billions of rupees of additional income annually from the domestic organic market and several hundred crores from exports, while also conserving soil and water resources and reducing the environmental burden of chemical inputs.
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