Shimla, Sept. 16 -- Himachal Pradesh's ambitious push towards natural farming is steadily transforming the state's agricultural landscape. With an attractive Minimum Support Price (MSP) policy and sustained training initiatives, more than 2,22,893 farmers across 3,584 panchayats have embraced chemical-free farming, bringing 38,437 hectares of land under natural cultivation.
The shift comes as the state government, headed by Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, is offering the highest MSP in the country for natural produce, Rs 40 per kg for maize, Rs 60 per kg for wheat, Rs 90 per kg for raw turmeric, and Rs 60 per kg for barley grown in Pangi.
These incentives are not only encouraging farmers to abandon chemical-intensive practic...