Jagan for policy on natural farming
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday virtually participated in a national workshop on natural farming which was organised by Niti Aayog and said a policy should be introduced to encourage natural farming.
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Vijayawada: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday virtually participated in a national workshop on natural farming which was organised by Niti Aayog and said a policy should be introduced to encourage natural farming.
Speaking on the occassion, the Chief Minister said rewards should be given to the farmers practising natural farming. He saidweightage should also be given in the recommendations of Finance Commission to the States which are implementing natural farming in larger areas.
Reddy said the process of certification to natural and organic farming should be farmer friendly and they should be added as a part of courses in agriculture universities. He said institutional research should be continued on natural farming and studies should be conducted on impact of natural farming products and synthetic chemicals products on health of the people.
The Chief Minister said the allocations of sponsered projects are done in 60:40 ratio by Central and State Governments and it should be changed to 90:10 for natural farming.
The Chief Minister appreciated the initiative of Niti Aayog for convening the national workshop on innovative agriculture and highlighting Natural Farming issue.
He said 6.3 lakh farmers have registered for natural farming in 2.9 lakh hectares in 2021-22 and it is being in practice in 3,009 of 10,778 Rythu Bharosa Kendra (RBKs) and added that is being implemented in five per cent of the land under cultivation in Andhra Pradesh.
