In a bid to promote organic farming and motivate farmers to opt for the practice by highlighting its benefits, the Agriculture Department will be organising a day-long ‘Organic Farming Fair’ in village Sohagpur of Chhattisgarh’s Kawardha district on February 19.
The fair to be held in village Sohagpur of Kawardha block will be participated by experts on organic farming. On the occasion, experts of organic farming are going to provide detailed information about the farming practice and available techniques to locals. Besides, organic products and works ongoing in the field of organic farming would be displayed through an exhibition.
Chief Minister Raman Singh, MP Abhishek Singh, Parliamentary Secretary Motiram Chandravanshi, MlA Ashok Sahu, President of district panchayat Santosh Patel and Chairman of Backward Class Commission Siyaram Sahu will be registering their presence in the fair.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh Government has sent a proposal to the Central Government for setting up an ‘Organic Farming Research Centre’ in the State.
Presently, Chhattisgarh State Regional Organic Farming Research Centre is working under Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh), but as the agro-climatic condition of the State is different, Chhattisgarh has demanded from Central Government, Chhattisgarh's own Research Centre, Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal informed.
This apart, during the ongoing Rabi season, farmers have collected nearly 10.96 lakh packets of organic fertilizers for various crops, he said.
The Chhattisgarh State Agriculture and Seed Development Corporation supplies organic fertilizers as per the demand of farmers, Agrawal said. He said that organic farming has become need of the hour. The farmers are also becoming more and more aware about the benefits of this method of cultivation.