Organic village set up in each district : Minister
One village in each of the 38 districts have been selected as Jaivik Gram (Organic village) and farmers'' help groups formed to encourage organic farming, he said. As many as 4217 farmers in the 38 villagers were engaged in organic farming, Singh said.
In order to encourage use of naturalized fertilisers, the state government will district seeds for ''Dhaicha'' plant for plantation in four lakh hectares by Apr this year so that it could be useful for Kharif crops, the agriculture minister said.
PTI
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Story first published: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 16:12 [IST]