Sikkim, India’s 1st 100% organic state, wins UN prize

Sikkim’s experience shows that “100 percent organic is no longer a pipe dream but a reality,” said Maria-Helena Semedo, deputy director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which co-organises the Future Policy Awards.

Thomson Reuters Foundation, Rome
Oct 13, 2018

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Tourism numbers in Sikkim rose by 50 percent between 2014 and 2017, according to the World Future Council, another co-organiser.

“Sikkim sets an excellent example of how other countries worldwide can successfully upscale agroecology,” said Alexandra, director of the World Future Council.

“We urgently need to shift to more sustainable food systems. Agroecology is absolutely vital to make our food systems sustainable and inclusive,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by email.

The second prize was split three ways, with Brazil honoured for a policy of buying food for school meals from family farms; Denmark for a successful plan to get people buying more organic food, and Ecuador’s capital Quito for boosting urban gardening.

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