Hamirpur: In Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh, hundreds of farmers have now taken steps in the direction of natural farming retaining distance from chemical fertilizers. Meanwhile, 8250 farmers are doing natural farming attributable to low value and big revenue from natural farming. To promote its cultivation, the division can be operating varied schemes right here, during which the Agriculture Department has additionally offered a grant of Rs 5.61 crore to the farmers.
Five a long time in the past in Hamirpur district, farmers used to make use of solely cow dung manure for farming in villages. It was a practice to plow the fields with oxen, however with the change of time, the farmer began utilizing chemical fertilizers to supply crops, on account of which the fertility of the land has grow to be weak in lots of areas at present. Due to costly chemical fertilizers and different divine calamities, the farmer has to bear the price. It is claimed that the Yogi authorities has applied many schemes for the farmers to advertise natural farming. Due to which the graph of natural farming is repeatedly rising right here. Rishi Shukla of Patanpur village stated that natural farming in 4 hectares has given manifold advantages. The crop produced from natural manure stays match for well being. Told that wheat, gram and different crops are being grown in natural farming. In which the price can be much less.
Deputy Director Agriculture Harishankar Bhargava stated that eight villages in each block of Hamirpur district have been chosen for natural farming. It was informed that for natural farming farmers are given a grant of Rs 4800 within the first yr, whereas within the second yr Rs 4000 and within the third yr a grant of Rs 3600 is being given within the farmers’ account. It was knowledgeable that farmers have sown rabi in additional than 1.29 lakh hectare space within the district. In these, natural farming is being performed in additional than 3300 hectare space. Told that Gopi Charan has been awarded Mangalpur Kurara by the CM for working within the area of Gaushala and natural farming. Apart from this, all of the farmers together with Kaushal Kishore, Pawan Tiwari, Ramshodar, Rajendra Singh are additionally coaching the farmers relating to natural farming.
Thousands of farmers are doing natural farming in 150 villages
Deputy Director Agriculture Harishankar Bhargava stated that natural farming is being performed in 150 villages of Sumerpur, Kurara, Maudaha, Muskara, Rath, Sarila and Gohand blocks of Hamirpur. Eight and 1 / 4 thousand farmers are taking enormous earnings by doing farming. Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) has been fashioned by way of natural farmers within the blocks. In the Kurara space itself, the Organic Farmer Producer Organization has ready a mannequin of nature and natural farming in Badanpur by conserving 80 villages.
Government giving bumper grant for natural farming
Deputy Director Agriculture stated that at current natural farming is being performed in 3300 hectares in 150 villages. Farmers are repeatedly rising the scope of natural farming. According to the scheme of the federal government, bumper grants are additionally being given to the farmers doing natural farming for 3 years. It was informed {that a} plan to begin natural farming has been began from 2019-20, during which to date Rs 5.61 crore has been despatched to the accounts of 8250 farmers within the district as a grant.
Report: Pankaj Mishra
