The Haryana Government will provide all assistance for setting up of a training centre to train farmers in organic farming at Gurukul, Kurukshetra, Chief Minister Manohar lal said here while addressing the farmers in “Swarna Jayanti Kisan Sammelan on organic farming” at village Mirzapur,
Manohar lal offered assistance after the announcement made by Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Dev Vrat to set up the training centre.
The Chief Minister said that State government had decided to bring 10 per cent of the total cultivable area under organic farming in the state which is being done in a phased manner.
He said that out of one crore acres of land in the state, area under cultivation is 70 lakh. Thus the government would cover seven lakh acres area under organic farming. In the first phase, the Gaushalas were also being associated with this initiative so as to achieve the desired result. The first phase was launched today under which 20 clusters would be established in 10 districts. Each cluster would include 50 acres of agriculture land.
He said that government intends to start five clusters in every block so that about 50,000 acres of land could be made cultureable under organic farming in the first phase.
The CM urged the farmers to adopt organic farming and Gausanvardhan and added that this would increase their income and improve quality of produce.