Vadodara/ Anand: Gujarat government should train at least 25,000 farmers in natural farming. This is what Acharya Devvrat, state governor, suggested on Friday.
Devvrat, who presided over the 16th annual convocation ceremony of Anand Agricultural University (AAU), has been advocating a shift towards natural farming.
He said Himachal Pradesh government had fixed a target to train and cover around 50,000 farmers under natural farming in the current financial year. Expressing satisfaction over the progress made by the Himachal Pradesh government in the direction of natural farming, he urged Gujarat government to start training farmers in this direction.
The governor said he had about 25 years of practical experience on chemical and organic farming but ultimately had to switch over to natural farming as it was beneficial in many ways.
“It helps in protecting our environment, improve soil fertility, decrease cost of production and improves economic condition of the farmers,” he said.
During the convocation ceremony, 99 students received gold medals while a total of 719 students were conferred with degrees. The governor, who is also chancellor of the state agriculture university, appealed to the students to remain students throughout their lives by remaining connected to farming. “Knowledge should not remain restricted to universities. Instead, it should reach the end beneficiary,” he said.
Devvrat, who presided over the 16th annual convocation ceremony of Anand Agricultural University (AAU), has been advocating a shift towards natural farming.
He said Himachal Pradesh government had fixed a target to train and cover around 50,000 farmers under natural farming in the current financial year. Expressing satisfaction over the progress made by the Himachal Pradesh government in the direction of natural farming, he urged Gujarat government to start training farmers in this direction.
The governor said he had about 25 years of practical experience on chemical and organic farming but ultimately had to switch over to natural farming as it was beneficial in many ways.
“It helps in protecting our environment, improve soil fertility, decrease cost of production and improves economic condition of the farmers,” he said.
During the convocation ceremony, 99 students received gold medals while a total of 719 students were conferred with degrees. The governor, who is also chancellor of the state agriculture university, appealed to the students to remain students throughout their lives by remaining connected to farming. “Knowledge should not remain restricted to universities. Instead, it should reach the end beneficiary,” he said.