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Governor of Gujarat and Haryana CM hold discussions to promote Natural Farming in the State
Chandigarh, May 20– Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that the State Government’s decision to promote natural farming will not only increase the income of the farmers’ but will also improve the health of the land and the people of the country and the state. He emphasized on certification of natural farming through verified labs with special emphasis on soil health checkup. He directed officers to explore the possibility of increasing such labs which will demand reasonable charges for such soil checkups. He also emphasized that the authenticity of natural farming should remain intact and citizens of the state should get genuine natural products.
Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal and Governor of Gujarat, Sh. Acharya Devvrat today presided over a review meeting of implementation of the Natural Farming Programme in Haryana at Haryana Niwas, Chandigarh. The Governor of Gujarat started the initiative for promoting natural farming in various states. Taking the initiative ahead Haryana Government has also made a special provision of budget in the recent Budget Session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha.
Sh. Manohar Lal said that a dedicated portal has been launched which will solely register natural farmers. He further added that an encouragement amount of Rs. 35,000 under 50 blocks will be given to farmers who will create their own product but the pre-requisite conditions should be fulfilled. Sh. Manohar Lal stressed on monitoring the authenticity of the natural farming by the department so that genuine products come in the market. He directed the department officers to deploy 25 youth farmers each in every district who have been given authentic training in natural farming so that they can inspire other farmers to adopt natural farming in the concerned district. He also directed to explore more innovative techniques which are being used by the farmers who have adopted natural farming so that diversification and innovation can go hand in hand in this field. He further directed to appoint a nodal officer in each district so that the progress of the programme can be mapped.
The Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal also directed to initiate the programme after the training of Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) staff and also acquaint them with the model of natural farming of HP, Gujarat State. He directed to increase women farmers’ participation in Natural Farming for its inclusive success. He further added that only the dedicated staff and farmers are to be trained in the first phase.
Sh. Acharya Devvrat said that farmers are not going to get much benefit from organic farming. Therefore everyone should adopt natural farming and its decision has also been taken by the Haryana government. Farming will be done from cow dung, no other fertilizer is used in it. The cow dung will generate bacteria and these bacteria will give strength to natural farming, this will increase the production and reduce the cost of the farmers. Along with other benefits water will also be saved from such farming practices.
He further said that our aim is to accelerate the training of natural farming. He added that thereafter the trained farmers will act as trainers for others to join the mission. He further said that in the process it was identified that youth and women are showing great enthusiasm towards natural farming. He urged the farmers to start natural farming at a small scale and thereafter when they themselves will witness some magical results then apply it to a larger scale but for that authentic training is a prerequisite which should be promoted by the State Government.
During the inaugural speech, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Dr. Sumita Misra appraised all the initiatives taken by the Haryana Government in the direction towards natural farming. She added that the State Government has been observing various successful models of other states to implement their pattern of natural farming in Haryana. During the review meeting extensive discussion took place regarding the successful implementation of Natural Farming along with the difficulties coming in the way of its successful implementation were also discussed.
During the meeting, Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare Minister, Sh. JP Dalal, Director General, Agriculture Department, Dr. Hardeep Singh, Director General, Horticulture Department, Dr. Arjun Singh Saini, researchers and other dignitaries were present.
