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NATURAL FARMING

  • March 3, 2022
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPN Topics
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NATURAL FARMING

TOPIC: Agriculture

Context- The Centre is planning to enhance the subsidy on “natural farming” by 50 per cent by relaunching the scheme on a mission mode in select blocks.

Concept-

Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP):

  • BPKP was introduced as a sub scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) since 2020-21 for the promotion of traditional indigenous practices.
  • The scheme mainly emphasizes on exclusion of all synthetic chemical inputs and promotes on-farm biomass recycling with major stress on biomass mulching; use of cow dung-urine formulations; plant-based preparations and time to time working of soil for aeration.
  • Under BPKP, financial assistance of Rs 12200/ha for 3 years is provided for cluster formation, capacity building and continuous handholding by trained personnel, certification and residue analysis.
  • In the 2022-23 Budget both the BPKP and PKVY have been subsumed un- der Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY).

Natural Farming:

  • Natural farming also referred to as “the Fukuoka Method“, “the natural way of farming” or “do-nothing farming”, is an ecological farming approach established by Masanobu Fukuoka (1913–2008).
  • It is based on 5 principles:
    • No tillage
    • No fertilizer
    • No pesticides or herbicides
    • No weeding
    • No pruning
  • In India, Natural farming is promoted as Bhartiya PrakritikKrishiPaddhati Programme (BPKP) under ParamparagatKrishiVikas Yojana (PKVY).

***For further information refer to DPN 02 February 2022.

Agriculture Natural Farming

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