A Representative Image The Union Agriculture Ministry accorded organic certification to around 14,491 hectare area in Andaman and Nicobar under the Large Area Certification (LAC) scheme of the PGS-India (Participatory Guarantee System) certification program. As per the LAC scheme, every village is identified as a particular cluster or group. Every farmer with their farmland and livestock are necessitated to stick to the standard requirements. Upon being verified, they get certified in numbers and hence donât have to go under the period of conversion. Thereafter, through peer appraisals, their certification is renewed annually according to the PGS-Indiaâs process. The ministry stated that it is in process of recognizing traditional organic areas to convert them into hubs of production.