Agricuture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal has said that future is secured with organic farming and the farmers should adopt it to secure the future of their families and the country.
Agrawal was addressing the inaugural ceremony of the modern Organic Fertiliser Unit and Research Center established jointly by Balram Agriculture Cooperative Society and JK Powertech at Rasmunda (Durg).
He said that the farmers will soon face the consequences of experiments in farming and hence they should immediately switch over to organic farming. Agrawal said that the establishment of organic fertilizer unit is the beginning of a new era in the State and will give good results.
Maharashtra and Gujarat have developed on the basis of cooperative sand the initiative taken in the State will help in development of Durg, Balod, Bemetara and other districts to set new standards in the field of cooperative. The State government will provide full support to such institutions which serve the state with honesty, said Agrawal.
Agrawal further said that the farmers should not depend only on paddy farming and they should also produce pulses and oil seeds. The other fields like cattle rearing, poultry farm, fish farming, etc. should also be explored for economic progress. The farmers should avail the benefits of government schemes and prepare action plan for 12 months to do farming in a systematic way to secure their future.
He said that imported seed and fertilizer is being extensively used and the rice is exported. This should be stopped. When the entire world is adopting organic farming why should we remain behind when organic farming is a part of our culture which has been spread across the world, said Agrawal.
Presiding over the ceremony the Chairman of Balram Cooperative Society Preetpal Belchand said that the unit has been established to serve the interest of farmers and will never compromise with quality. The unit has been established with help of the farmers who had been source of inspiration for the project.
Jaiprakash Kapadia of JK Powertech, ex-MlA Vijay Baghel, Nirupama Chandrakar of Indira Gandhi Agriculture University, Ajay Tiwari, Ramakant Dwivedi,and others were present on the occasion.