Chandigarh, June 6 -- In a major push to promote natural farming on a large scale in Haryana and raise awareness among farmers, chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday announced to set up natural and organic food-grain procurement mandis in Gurugram and Hisar.

While mandi in Gurugram will cater to produce such as wheat, paddy and pulses, Hisar mandi will deal with fruits and vegetables grown through natural and organic methods.

Ever since the natural farming scheme was launched in Haryana in 2022 as many as 1.84 lakh farmers have registered 2.73 lakh acre land on the portal. Of these, 10,550 farmers have been verified for practicing natural farming on 17,087 acres. Haryana has set a target of bringing one lakh acre land under natur...