Training-cum-Awareness on Natural Farming

12 December 2022, Chanho (Ranchi): As an activity of HDFC Bank supported Holistic Rural Development Program by NBJK in Chanho block of Ranchi district, a Training-cum-Awareness event has been organized for villagers on natural farming under aegis of Divyayan Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Ranchi and Chanho Birsa Munda Sangathan Producer Company Limited, an FPO promoted through HRDP. The event held at Raghunathpur panchayat secretariat.

On this occasion, Dr. Manoj Kumar Singh (Agriculture Scientist, KVK) said that with adoption of natural farming, our farmers can draw good income. He said that these days chemical fertilizers & pesticides are in much use to get rich crops but that affects our health as well as soil fertility badly and the land is becoming barren. In such a situation, we need to do safe, profitable farming with low cost and KVK is making villagers aware about natural agriculture, Dr. Singh mentioned. Also he shared about Jivamrit, Ghanamrit, Beejamrit, Neemastra, Brahmastra etc as organic catalysts for insect protected high yield and can be made easily at home with locally available materials.

Another agriculture scientist Dr. O. P. Sharma has informed about various training activities being done by Divyaayan KVK-Ranchi to capacitate farmers for productive, income oriented & safe agriculture. He offered the villagers to get benefit of such specialized knowledge drawn after proper research.

More than 60 women-men farmers including Mr. Sunil Kumar Gupta (APC, HRDP), Mr. Sunil Oraon (President, CBMSPCL), Mr. Priyanshu Kumar, Mr. Eeshwar Gupta, Mr. Nitesh Singh, Mr. Kamakhya Singh, Mr. Mahavir Oraon, Mr. Dhanu Oraon, Mr. Sunil Pandey, Mr. Bihari Bhagat, Mr. Shyam Oraon, Mr. Temba Oraon, Mr. Uday Minj and Mr. Pradeep have participated in this training.