The goal of the project is to highlight options by documenting the barriers for the purpose of developing the guidelines for India and help practitioners of organic farming with insights on effective use of some alternatives to POPs and other important nutrients and bio-resources to strengthen non-chemical inputs. The project will also help project managers (engaged in providing institutional and financial resources for individual and community-based initiatives) with a set of guidelines. The project objectives are to develop guidelines for identifying usefulness of alternative techniques and fostering alternatives and establishment of support initiatives to ensure sustainability and focus especially on some important aspects including Integrated pest management; Nutrient augmentation, Seed dressing and Post-harvest management of produce.