TAMIL NADU ORGANIC CERTIFICATION DEPARTMENT
Tamil Nadu Organic Certification Department (TNOCD) is aimed at creating an ecosystem, which can achieve sustainable productivity without the use of artificial external inputs such as agro chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides. TNOCD was established by the Government of Tamilnadu in the year 2007 to carryout inspection and certification of organic production system in accordance with NPOP (National Programme for Organic Production), which was launched by Government of India in the year 2000 and notified in October 2001 under the Foreign Trade and Development Act (FT D&R Act).
Tamil Nadu Organic Certification Department is carrying out the certification of Agricultural Organic Crop Production, Processing and Trade under National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP).The TNOCD is accredited by APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Exports Development Authority), New Delhi, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. The accreditation number allotted to Tamil Nadu Organic Certification Department is NPOP/NAB/0019. Organic Certification carried out by this Department is accepted internationally and is on par with standards of European Union and Swiss Organic Farming Ordinance etc.
Tamil Nadu Organic Certification Department also imparts free training to registered organic farmers on National Standards for Organic Production. During the year 2018-19, 31687 acres of land have been registered under Organic Certification by 4768 farmers in Tamil Nadu.