Karnal, Feb. 23 -- Union agriculture minister Shivraj Chauhan on Saturday said a national-level committee to promote natural farming in the country will be formed soon. The committee will inform farmers about the benefits of natural farming and provide them with training.

He was speaking to the media after inspecting the process of natural farming being done under the supervision of Gujarat governor Acharya Devvrat in Kainthala village, Kurukshetra. Earlier, the minister also visited Gurukul Kurukshetra, where he closely observed the cowshed of native breed cows, cow dung gas plant, hostel and other institutions of the gurukul.

Chauhan said if farmers of the country adopt natural farming in the right way, then certainly they will not on...