Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Mr. Nitin Gadkari has called for adoption of organic farming techniques and combining allied and processing activities with the traditional farming with a view to bail out the distressed farmers who have had to face a series of natural calamities this year. He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Organic Farming Workshop organized by Agrovision and Vidarbha Gaurav Foundation in Nagpur today.
Dwelling upon various problems being faced by the farming community in Vidarbha region, the Minister said that the suitable crop pattern should be developed after analysis of the soil content report presented through the Soil Health Cards.
Mr. Gadkari further said that though the Governments at Centre and in the State are running various developmental schemes for promoting all-round development, peoples’ participation is the key for effective implementation of these schemes. Guardian Minister of the district Mr. Chandrashekhar Bawankule informed that the Self-Help Groups in Nagpur district would be provided the organic manure machines worth five lakh rupees each.
Besides, Maharashtra Government is trying to reduce the backlog of agricultural pumps in the backward Vidarbha abd Marathwada region along with distribution of seven and half thousand solar water pumps and deployment of the ambitious Jalyukta Shivar Yojana would also go a long way to develop the irrigation facilities in the arid region, he added.