Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The organically grown cotton of Maharashtra was later tested by AGRECO, a German accredited agency, and found to be of high quality.
Statement II: Kisan Mehta feels that organic agriculture is less profitable for marginal farmers in the long run.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Statement I: The organically grown cotton of Maharashtra was later tested by AGRECO, a German accredited agency, and found to be of high quality. — True. The produce was found to be of high quality.
Statement II: Kisan Mehta feels that organic agriculture is less profitable for marginal farmers in the long run. — False. For marginal farmers it is more profitable in the long run, in money and soil conservation.
NCERT (2026-27): “Box 5.5: Organically Produced Cotton in Maharashtra … At present, as many as 130 farmers have committed 1,200 hectares of land to grow cotton organically on the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement’s standards. The produce was later tested by the German Accredited Agency, AGRECO, and found to be of high quality. Kisan Mehta feels that about 78 per cent of Indian farmers are marginal farmers owning about less than 0.8 hectare but accounting for 20 per cent of India’s cultivable land. For such farmers, organic agriculture is more profitable in terms of money and soil conservation in the long run. …” |