On January 1, Colle Farmers Market, an online farmers market community, continues to bring awareness of the organic movement as it spreads at a global rate. Colle recognizes the developing technologies of University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) an India based organization that is developing organic production technologies for major crops.

According to The Times of India, “To encourage farmers to switch over to organic farming, Institute of Organic Farming of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (UAS) has developed organic production technologies for major crops.” The UAS organic technology program focuses on “studying productivity, profitability, suitability, quality and input use efficiency in different crops and cropping system under organic production in comparison with conventional and integrated systems under rain-fed conditions,” reports The Times of India.

The article states that the prof. HB Babalad, Institute of Organic Farming, commented on the UAS making a “significant contribution by standardizing organic farming practices in important crops of north Karnataka region.”

The Times of India further reports that “The organic agriculture captures and store more water than soils under conventional cultivation Production in organic agriculture systems is thus less prone to extreme weather conditions, such as drought, flooding, and water logging.”

Colle Farmers Market believes that the UAS organic technology program is a step forward for a global [organic farmers market. Organic technology is improving and the more institutions that invest in this technology, the more populated our farm lands will become with organic products. Organic farming has become more than a passing phase adds Colle Farmers Market representatives. The farming communities deserve the best in organic technology and this can happen one step at a time.