write article of 200 words on the topic-SIKKIM AS ORGANIC STATE
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Sikkim is located in northeast India, on the border with Bhutan, Tibet, and Nepal. It is part of the Himalayas, and forests, pastures and steep mountainsides make up most of Sikkim’s fragile ecosystem. Only around 10% of the land (75,000 hectares) is farmed.
Sikkim beat 50 other nominated policies to win the Gold Award for its State Policy on Organic Farming (2004) and Sikkim Organic Mission (2010), which have enabled it to become the first 100% organic state in the world. That’s right – all of its farmland is certified organic. Overall, the transition to 100% organic has benefited more than 66,000 farming families.
Organic farming is considered the agricultural system closest to the traditional Sikkimese way of farming, which is rain-fed with low external inputs. However, Sikkim’s approach goes far beyond focusing solely on organic production – it also focuses on consumption and market expansion, health, education, rural development, and sustainable tourism. As such, Sikkim is an excellent model for other Indian states and countries worldwide who want to upscale agroecology.
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The word democracy comes from the Greek words "demos", meaning people, and "kratos" meaning power; so democracy can be thought of as "power of the people": a way of governing which depends on the will of the people. ... A democracy, at least in theory, is government on behalf of all the people, according to their "will".