Graduates and postgraduate farmers from Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh, who have adopted Subhash Palekar Natural Farming (SPNF) technique, converged near here on Sunday at a workshop organized by Prakritik Kheti Khushhal Kisan Yojana (PK3Y) for young entrepreneurs in natural farming.
Started three years ago, Prakritik Kheti Khushhal Kisan Yojana, a state government-funded programme that supports natural farming, has now roped in 502 Krishi Sakhis or farm women friends, for training to enable them to boost agricultural .
Amid widespread shortage of fertilizers in the ongoing planting season in several states largely owing to spiking international prices, farmers in Himachal Pradesh are using home-made alternatives for cultivation that are not only safer for the environment but are also boosting their incomes by reducing their dependence on chemicals.
Amid widespread shortage of fertilizers in the ongoing planting season in several states largely owing to spiking international prices, farmers in Himachal Pradesh are using home-made alternatives for cultivation that are not only safer for the .
The Subhash Palekar Natural Farming (SPNF), a technique promoted by Padma Shri recipient Subhash Palekar in the mid-1990s with no use of fertilisers and pesticides, has led to massive input cost reduction with considerably increase in crop .