उत्तराखंड संवाद : देवभूमि आधुनिक जीवनशैली व दृष्टिकोण में

 प्राकृतिक खेती किसानों के लिए क्यों जरूरी है? Zero Budget Natural Farming is a promising tool to minimize the dependence of farmers on purchased inputs, and reduces the cost of agriculture by relying on traditional field based technologies which lead to improved soil health. Desi cow , its dung and urine play an important role from which various inputs are made on the farm and provide necessary nutrients to soil. Other traditional practices such mulching the soil with biomass or keeping the soil covered with green cover round the year, even in the very low water availability situations, ensure sustained productivity even from the first year of adoption. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed farmers at the National Conclave on Natural Farming through a video conference. He stressed this is the right time to take big steps before the problems related to agriculture become even worse. “We have to take our agriculture out of the lab of chemistry and connect it to the lab of nature....