Organic farming
in Bihar village finds a place on global map
In a boost to
organic farming in
Bihar, Sohdih
village in Nalanda district has found a place on
the global map
through the global positioning system (GPS) for
sowing potato
over an area of 160 acres by only using natural
fertilizers.
"The farmers are expected to reap a
bumper harvest of
potato that will
fetch them handsome profit," district
magistrate Sanjay
Agrawal said.
"A private international company
'Escorts' came
forward to record
it through the GPS and post it on the global
map for the
entire world and the scientific community to see
for themselves as
to how the villagers have taken to farming
by using organic materials,"
he said.
Escorts' production development manager
Abhishek Kumar
said that his
company decided to put the entire process of
potato farming on
the global map to make it available for
everyone to see
it for themselves.
"Now that the village has come on the
global map, the
farmers can earn
a handsome profit for their organic produces
amid growing
demand of natural food materials globally," he
said.
Representatives of a number of companies
will meet
state government
officials on February 11 next where they are
likely to place
order for sale or export of organic produces,
Kumar said.
Meanwhile, Agrawal said that the farmers
may produce
onions through
organic farming after reaping high yield from
potato crop
having huge demand from across the country and the
world.
With Sohdih village in Nalanda district
already placed
on global map,
the state government has decided to promote
organic farming
in at least one village of the remaining 36
districts,
Agriculture Production Commissioner A K Sinha
has said.
"There is an adequate quantum of
animal dung, vermi
compost, rotten
crops and fodders for use under organic
farming, he said
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