Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCD-NER)

MOVCD-NER has run since 2015-16 in the eight North Eastern states: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.

The region is well suited to organic production — much of it has never used heavy chemical inputs — but the constraint has never been production. It has been the chain after production: certification, aggregation, processing and reaching a buyer who pays an organic premium.

MOVCD-NER funds that whole chain rather than only the farming.

Support covers the value chain end to end:

• Organic inputs and seeds
• Certification
• Collection and processing facilities
• Marketing
• Brand building

The brand building and marketing components are what distinguish this from PKVY. Organic produce only pays if it reaches a buyer who recognises it as organic, and that is where the mission puts its weight.

The official compilation does not publish per-component amounts for MOVCD-NER. Get the current rates from your state agriculture department.

• Farmers in the eight North Eastern states listed above.
• Farmer Producer Organisations and farmer groups, which are the main delivery vehicle for the value chain components.
• Farmers outside the North Eastern region should look at PKVY instead, which is the national organic cluster scheme.

• Available only in the eight North Eastern states.
• Value chain components such as processing and branding are generally implemented through groups or FPOs, not individual farmers.

How to apply

1. Approach your state agriculture department or the state organic mission cell. MOVCD-NER is implemented through the states.
2. Group and FPO applications carry most of the value-chain components, so if you are not already in an FPO, ask how to join or form one.
3. Ask which stage of the chain has funding available in your state this year — input and certification support, or the processing and marketing components.

• Land records of participating farmers
• FPO or group registration documents
• Project proposal for processing or marketing components
• Bank account details