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Unit III:
Organic Farming Systems: Natural farming, permaculture, biodynamic
farming, Zero budget farming, Homa farming, EM technology.
Block 2:
Organic Production Technology
Unit I:
Plantation crops: Coconut, Coffee, Cocoa, Tea.
Unit II:
Major Spices: Black pepper, Cardamom, Ginger, Turmeric, Vanilla.
Unit III:
Seed spices: Coriander, Cumin, Fennel, Fenugreek.
Block 3:
Certification and Quality Control
Unit I:
Accreditation: Accreditation agencies, certification agencies, procedure

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of certification, types of certification.
Unit II:
Organic standards: Domestic and international standards, NPOP,
IFOAM, CODEX, HACCP standards.
Unit III:
Quality control: Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) in quality
control, quality control for organic products.
VII. Practical
• Enrichment of composts;
• Biofertilizers;
• Bio control agents;
• Biodynamic preparations;
• Zero- budget preparations;
• Biopesticides;
• AMF in organic production;
• Waste management techniques;
• Exposure visits to organic fields, certification and marketing centers.
VIII. Learning outcome
The learner is expected to get empowered on
• the organic farming techniques in Spice and Plantation crops
• the organic certification procedures in Spice and Plantation crops
IX. Suggested Reading
Afoakwa EO. 2016. 
Cocoa Production and Processing Technology
. CRC Press.
Dahama AK. 2005. 
Organic Farming for Sustainable Agriculture
. 2nd Ed. Agrobios.
E- manual on 
Advances in Cashew Production Technology
. ICAR- Directorate of Cashew
Research, Puttur –574 202, D.K., Karnataka.
Gehlot G. 2005. 
Organic Farming: Standards, Accreditation, Certification and Inspection
.
Agrobios.
Palaniappan SP and Annadarai K. 2003. 
Organic Farming: Theory and Practice
. Scientific
Publ.
Panda H. 2013. 
The Complete Book on Cashew
. Asia Pacific Business Press Inc.
Panda H. 2016. 
The Complete Book on Cultivation and Manufacture of Tea 
(2nd Revised Edition).
Asia Pacific Business Press Inc.