National Organic Farming Research Institute (NOFRI) that will provide technological backstopping to organic production system in the country, north-east region in particular, is set to come up in Sikkim.
Sikkim was declared the country's first wholly organic state this year after it converted around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land into sustainable cultivation.
NOFRI will undertake basic, strategic and adaptive research on efficient, economically viable and environmentally sustainable organic farming systems for improving productivity, resource use efficiencies and quality of produce, officials said.
Besides it will also impart vocational and advanced training to stakeholders for promotion of organic farming in the country, they added.
