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.