ABSTRACT
India is the largest producer, consumer, and exporter of spices. Indian spice is itself a brand throughout the globe. Due to the intervention of modern technology for target oriented production system in Indian agriculture huge amount of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides Indian spices is also sometimes reported stopped for export towards the major importing countries for the presence of residues beyond the tolerable limit. The conscious consumers of our country are also demand for residue free spices and spice products. In most cases consumers are ready to pay more for good quality residue free spices. In this situation a thrust is being seen among the spices growers to produce spices by means of organic agriculture since last decade. According to FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission organic agriculture is a
holistic production management system, which promotes and enhances agro-eco system health, including biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It emphasizes the use of management practices in preference to the use of off-farm inputs. This is accomplished by using, where possible, agronomic, biological, and mechanical methods, as opposed to using synthetic materials, to fulfill any specific function within the system.
