Lucknow, March 1 -- In a move to promote natural farming in the state the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to implement natural farming within a 5 kilometre radius on both banks of the Ganga and local rivers, official sources said here on Saturday.
Sources said that to facilitate natural farming, 1,886 farming clusters will be set up, with a dedicated budget of Rs 270.62 crore. "This action plan was recently approved in a state-level Agriculture Committee meeting. Besides, the cabinet has sanctioned Rs 1,191.51 crore for natural farming and the farm pond scheme," they said.
The Yogi government's latest budget has also allocated Rs 124 crore under the National Mission on Natural Farming to boost this initiative further. The vision is ...