Agriculture Minister Chandrashekhar Sahu here on Friday inaugurated the Bio-Farming Mission, through which the government will associate more and more farmers to promote bio farming in the state. The mission, after selecting areas accordant with bio farming and crops, will provide necessary resources to farmers.
At the inaugural function, the agriculture department, in relation to Chhattisgarh, has organised a debate on climate change, green economy and bio mission. The agriculture minister released a book on bio farming “Chhattisgarh Rajya Jaivik Kheti Mission: Naye Yug Ke liye Naya Kadam”. Methods of bio farming, benefits and its probability in Chhattisgarh are highlighted in the book.
The Agriculture minister said that the use of fertilizers and insecticides in farming did much damage to the environment, land and groundwater. It has not only deteriorated balance of the nature, but created hazards like climate change also, he added.
He said that looking to the need of today, the government decided to start bio farming on mission mode. With the Bio Farming Mission, success would definitely get in increasing the area, he hoped.
At the inaugural session of the debate, Agriculture Production Commissioner Ajay Singh said that this day would be known as a milestone for agriculture development in Chhattisgarh. looking to the dangers of chemical farming, the mission has been launched to promote long-lasting, less expensive and harmless bio farming in the state.
Chairing the inaugural session, senior lawyer of High Court, Pinki Anand said that Chhattisgarh was the first state in the country that had launched Bio Farming Mission to adopt bio farming. While praising the state government, she said that the state is affluent of bio diversity and through bio farming farmers of the state could use more crop producing and favourable methods for the health of human being land.
Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi Agriculture University Dr SK Patil informed about the work plan of bio farming mission, its various phases and dimensions, through power point presentation.
Chairman of Chhattisgarh Goseva Ayog PR Kudutt, Seeds and Agriculture Development Corporation chairman Shyam Bais, managing director of seeds corporation AN Mishra, chief of Chhattisgarh Krishak Biradari Pradeep Sharma, bio farming specialist Sharad Joshi, environmentalist Ajay Jha, Balendu Shekhar, social worker Dinkar Keshav Bhakre, scientists from Indira Gandhi Agriculture University officers from agriculture department and others were present on the occasion.