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KVK Kargil 1st organised a day-long awareness programme in Ladakh under Natural Farming at Gangshan Goma Kargil, where more than 40 farmers participated. During the programme, Dr Nazir Hussain, Scientist Agronomy KVK 1st Kargil explained about the importance of Natural Farming, Crop Rotation and its management, Water Conservation techniques and Organic Pest Management methods.

Dr Nazir said that Government is focusing on Natural Farming Techniques and the Administration in UT Ladakh is focused on making it an organic UT of India and Natural farming is the best way to achieve this target. He further said that Natural Farming is a chemical-free method. He said, it is considered an agro-ecology-based diversified farming system which integrates crops, trees and livestock with functional biodiversity.