In the recent times, availability of safe food has been a cause of concern to all the consumers all over the world. There is a growing demand for clean and safe food, (especially zero chemical residues in the food).The contribution of Sikkim state towards this Organic Journey is well recognized. Among the torch bearers from Sikkim, SIMFED’s contribution is significant in this direction. SIMFED is an Apex Marketing Co-operative Society under the Govt. of Sikkim, established in the year 1983 under Co-operative Societies Act of 1978 and Sikkim Co-operative Societies Rule of 1981 with the mandate of undertaking wholesale supply of consumer goods to the Multi-Purpose Cooperative Societies (MPCS), Consumer Cooperative Societies (CCS) and to arrange for bulk marketing of the surplus Agricultural produce including important cash crops of the state. SIMFED is involved in Promotion & Development of Organic farming sector, for more than ten years, SIMFED at present is working with over 70,000 farmers covering nearly 67,690 hectares area in 16 states of India namely Sikkim, Assam, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Goa, Lakshadweep, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand and Delhi under different schemes of GOI / State Governments. The farmers are given trainings on various methods and methodologies of Organic farming. SIMFED is organizing Buyer- Sellers meets in different states to bring together all stakeholders such as farmers, farmer producer organizations (FPO)/ Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs), NGOs, extensionists, traders, processors and researchers for conducting business transactions and develop good rapport. The effort is to facilitate procurement of produce directly from the field of the farmers or their bodies such as FPOs to reduce / eliminate inter mediators and to ensures better returns to the organic farmers as also making quality products available to the consumers that too at reasonable price.

Spices Board (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India) is the flagship organization for development and worldwide promotion of Indian spices. The Board is an international link between the Indian exporters and the importers abroad. The Board has been spearheading activities for excellence of Indian spices. The Board has made quality and hygiene as the corner stones for its development and promotional strategies.

Star Global Multi Ventures Pvt. Ltd. is a very well established company in the field of organic rice. We are one of the leading exporters of organic rice from India. We are associated with more than 5000 farmers across 4 states (J&K, UK, UP, MP) having around 11000 Ha farm land producing organic basmati and non- basmati paddy along with other crops. Our farms and facilities are certified under NPOP, NOP-USDA, EU, Demeter, Naturland, Bio Suisse and Fair Trade. We process organic paddy in our state of the art processing and packaging facilities. Besides having total 3 processing units, we have dedicated facility for organic products. We have our own 3 cold chambers (Coldex) where we keep our organic products at certain minus degree temperature to kill the larvae. Further, we also treat our organic products in Cocoon where we flush CO2 to take care of infestation. We have inhouse quality control system from farm till final dispatch, thereby keeping the complete traceability of the product and ensure best quality product. We cater the best and authentic basmati and non- basmati rice to many countries that majorly include entire Europe, UK, Australia, Israel, USA, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and many more. Our operations are certified with FSSAI, FDA, GMP, ISO 22000, HACCP.

Sun Bio Naturals ( India) Private Ltd., is the pioneer in manufacturing and exporting Neem Oil,Virgin Coconut Oil, RBD Coconut Oil, MCT Coconut Oil, Coconut Flour , Desiccated Coconut ,Coconut Sugar and all byproducts of coconut and neem products. Our products are available in Conventional and Organic grade. Our facility is certified under ISO 9001 + HACCP, ISO 22000, Organic NOP and EU , Kosher, Halal and complies with FSSC 22000 . Our Neem products are EPA approved and OMRI Listed.Though we have 2 decades of experience in this field , we never forget to meet the quality . Quality is guaranteed .

We are over a decade old organization making npop approved organic agriculture inputs, bio fertilizer, bio pesticides , EU MRL compliant Botanicals, Pheromones , water conservation, organic manure and waste decomposers. We offer complete solutions for organic crop production .

SUVIDHA abbreviated as Society for the Upliftment of Villagers & Development of Himalayan Areas is a non-profit, rural development and voluntary organization founded in the year 2004 which aims at eliminating poverty, unemployment, poor health and illiteracy for 60% of citizens who still live in the backward areas of the nation. With over 19 years of experience in managing government/private sector projects, Suvidha is well equipped with the manpower and expertise to deliver holistic solutions in the field of Agriculture, Rural development, Women Empowerment, Education and Health.

Tea Board India Tea Board India was established on 1 st April 1954 as per the provisions of Section 4 of the Tea Act 1953. The Board is charged with the overall development of the tea industry in India and it is functioning under the administrative control of the Central Government under Ministry of Commerce & Industry. The vision of Tea Board is “to make India, the leading producer and supplier of quality tea in the global market”. The mission of Tea Board is "to develop effective management strategies to facilitate competence and innovation in tea plantations, innovative processing technology for producing good quality teas, augmentation of high value tea exports, capacity building for human resources at all levels in tea Industry, strengthening of R&D efforts on all aspects of tea cultivation and technology." The Board’s Head Office is situated in Kolkata and there are two zonal offices - one for the North Eastern Region at Guwahati in Assam and another for the Southern Region at Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. The functions of Tea Board span across a wide spectrum as defined under Section 10 of the Tea Act and briefly include: (1) Increasing production and productivity of tea plantations (2) Improving quality of tea (3) Promoting cooperative efforts among small tea growers (4) Supporting Tea Research and Development (5) Undertaking promotion campaigns for increasing exports and domestic consumption (6) Regulatory functions – Registration of tea gardens, factories, primary buyers and issue of licences for tea brokers, auction organisers, exporters and tea waste dealers (7) Welfare measures for plantation workers/their wards in the area of health, hygiene, training and education (8) Collection and dissemination of tea statistics (9) Such other activities as are assigned from time to time by the Central Government.