Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 150
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 151
 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]
Warning (512): Unable to emit headers. Headers sent in file=/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php line=853 [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 48]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 148]
Warning (2): Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php:853) [CORE/src/Http/ResponseEmitter.php, line 181]
LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Subsidy to promote organic dairy products

Subsidy to promote organic dairy products

Share this article Share this article
published Published on Mar 5, 2015   modified Modified on Mar 5, 2015
-The Tribune

Chief Minister pushes for crop diversification, says will provide farmers all help

Chandigarh: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the state government would provide 50 per cent subsidy to farmers willing to rear cows for producing organic dairy products, besides setting up a board to sort out issues and requirements pertaining to organic farming.

Addressing participants on the concluding day of the National Organic Farming Convention here, Badal said the state would also provide shops or associated accommodation in cities for rural organic farmers to sell their produce. Marketing strategy, he said, was as important as producing food items in order to be successful.

The Chief Minister said organic farming was the traditional method of agriculture in India but due to national requirement of high food grain production, the green revolution called for using chemical fertilisers and pesticides.

He said diversification of agriculture was need of the hour. Punjab, he said, provided the bulk of foodgrain to the country, but since other states were now largely self-sufficient in foodgrain production, diversification was preferred.

Stressing that the farming community needed to be convinced that organic farming could be economically viable and sustainable, bringing in good returns, Badal said every village must have a demo plot that could make farmers aware on the matter. Such schemes could be facilitated through panchayats.

Umendra Dutt, Executive Director, Kheti Virasat Mission, said the convention had proved that Punjab and Haryana had the potential to reverse the destruction of land, water and biodiversity brought about through intensive farming with large doses of agro-chemicals and mindless irrigation, and to become major players in ecological farming.

The scientific conference held as part of the convention, organised by the Society of Agro-Ecology and Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, saw scientists from premiere research institutions and organisations working with farmers as well as farmer-scientists share their latest research and observations on soil health, plant nutrition, plant protection, water management, and Iivestock development with special focus on indigenous cattle breeds.


The Tribune, 2 March, 2015, http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/community/subsidy-to-promote-organic-dairy-products/48971.html


Related Articles

 

Write Comments

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

Video Archives

Archives

share on Facebook
Twitter
RSS
Feedback
Read Later

Contact Form

Please enter security code
      Close