Natural Farming

A New Dimension for Sustainability

and enhanced Farmers Income

 NF is a traditional, indigenous Cow-Dung-

Urine based farming system that does not

involve any external Chemical or Organic

Fertilizers

 It is known by various names like; Zero

Budget Natural Farming, Prakrithik Krishi,

Cow Based Natural Farming, Shashwat

Kheti, Chemical Free Agriculture, etc.

 GoI is promoting Natural Farming through a

scheme named Bhartiya Prakrit Krishi

Padhti (BPKP)

Natural Farming

Benefits of Natural Farming

 Reduces cost of cultivation

 Reduces water requirement of

crops

 Climate change resilient, reduces

risks in farming

 Rejuvenation of farm lands

 Safe and healthy food for citizens

 Utilising the available cattle (Desi

Cow) as valuable resource

 Helps in arresting growing needs

for fertilizer and reduce subsidy

burden

Experience of Natural Farming in leading states

S.No State Farmers Covered Gram Panchayat Area Covered Implementing Agency

1 Andhra Pradesh 5.92 Lakh (12.3%)

3,730

(28%)

2.68 Lakh Ha (4.6%)

RySS,

State Govt. Corporation

Himachal Pradesh

1.53 Lakh (16%)

3,563

(98.2%)

9192 Ha (0.96%)

State Project

Implementation Unit

3 Gujarat 2 Lakh (3.76%)

8,500

(59.6%)

2.5 Lakh Ha (2.5%)

Dedicated State

Government Unit

 Hon’ble Governor Acharya Devvrat

started the program in 2019

 One-day workshop for 10,000

farmers in 2019 followed by seven

days trainings of 21,861 Master

Trainers

 Large scale dissemination of NF

techniques and Success Stories

through pamphlets and video(s)

 Launched in 2018 by Hon’ble

Governor Acharya Devvrat

 4 mega farmer sensitisation

program for 6 days each

 Farmer experience led to

development of local crop wise

Package of Practices

 Initiated in 2015 by Rythu,

Sadhikara Samstha (RySS)

 Knowledge Dissemination to

Community Resource Person

(CRPs) through Master Trainers

 Started with 900 CRPs grew to

18,000 as best practitioner of NF

GujaratHimachal PradeshAndhra Pradesh

Promotion of Natural Farming (NF)

Bhartiya Prakrit Krishi Padhti (BPKP)

• GoI is promoting Natural Farming through a sub-scheme

named BPKP since 1920-21

• BPKP same as PKVY with focus on handholding

&capacity building

• Area covered - 4.09 lakh ha (980 clusters of 500 ha each)

Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)

 30,934 clusters (20 ha each) formed since 2015-16

 6.19 lakh ha area and 15.47 lakh farmers benefitted.

 Various brands developed

 A dedicated online web portal- www.Jaivikkheti.in

Namami Gange

• 1657 Gram Panchayat in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,

Jharkhand and West Bengal for development of Organic

farming in the villages along the river Ganga

• Under Namami Gange Programme 6,181 clusters and

1,23,620 ha area covered

Large Area Certification (LAC)

 Large contiguous areas under traditional organic farming

systems with no synthetic input / chemical input use history

are declared certified Organic under LAC

 Car Nicobar - 14,445 ha

 Lakshadweep – 2,700 ha area

 Ladhak – 5000 ha area

Budget Announcement:

“Natural Farming will be promoted throughout the country, with a focus on farmers’ lands in 5-

km wide corridors along river Ganga, at the first stage”

“States will be encouraged to revise syllabi of agricultural universities to meet the needs of

natural, zero-budget and organic farming, modern-day agriculture, value addition and

management”

Proposed Mission Mode Implementation

MANAGE as ‘Centre of excellence’ and ‘Knowledge repository’ for NF

Block level

clusters

KVKs as Model

Centres for NF

NCOF for

Certification and

training

National Steering Committee

National Mission on Natural Farming (BPKP)

National Executive Committee

State Project

Mission Units

Proposed Implementation under Mission Mode (At State Level)

State Project Management Unit

Mission head, Technical experts

State Level Sanctioning

Committee

Technical

KVK/SUs

Block Level Coordinators

District level Implementation through ATMA/ State Institutions

District Coordinator, Master Trainers

Clusters of 100 ha

Champion

Farmer

KVKs as Technology

supporters

Community Resource

person

Strategies for outreach

Natural Farming to be

promoted throughout the country,

with a focus on 5-km corridors along

river Ganga,

 1.23 lakh ha already covered under

organic farming in cluster mode

 Remaining area to be brought under

natural farming

 Clusters to be developed in value chain

mode with facilities for postharvest and

value addition infra with market linkages

 NCOF to renamed as National Centre for

Organic and Natural Farming, NCOF to

develop certification through separate

portal

 Support to ICAR for developing KVKs as

centres of capacity building, training and

demonstrations

Revision of syllabus

under Agricultural Universities

 ICAR committee to draft syllabus

and course curriculum for inclusion

in UG and PG courses

 ICAR already notified a dedicated

Masters course in Organic farming

 Gujarat Organic Agricultural University

(GOAU), Godhra, is running degree

courses on natural farming

Stakeholder consultation on contours of NF

 Possible contours of National Mission on Natural Farming

 Role & responsibilities for MANAGE to become Centre of Excellence & Knowledge Repository on Natural

Farming

 Development of National Institutional framework for capacity building of farmer

 Developing simple and affordable product and process certification system

 Developing modalities for Quality Assurance for natural produce under NF

 Consumer awareness for market development and enabling market-friendly ecosystem

 Support to states for Mission management at state headquarter, the district headquarter, block headquarter,

and IEC activities)

 Identification of focus areas for mission mode implementation of NF

 Formulation of Package of Practice for NF

 Data repository for natural farmers, starting with the base line data of starting farmers, transformation of

farmers, their soil testing reports and practices being adopted, and yield levels.

Breakout Session 1: ‘Natural Farming and its Outreach’

Conference Room No : 120 – Krishi Bhawan

Chair: Shri Narendra Singh

Tomar

, Hon’ble Agriculture

Minister

Moderators

: Sh. Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, Agriculture & Farmers

Welfare

Sh. Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi, Secretary , Fertilizers

Topic Speaker

1. Natural farming: Agro

-ecology based Agriculture System for

Improving Farmer’s Income

Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Hon’ble Vice Chairman NITI Aayog

2. Case study on Outreach Strategy in Natural farming

Shri T. Vijay Kumar,

RySS, Andhra Pradesh

3. Market Potential for Chemical Free Natural & Organic Products

Shri Pankaj Agarwal, Chairman, Confederation of Indian Organic Industry

A short Film on the theme will be played

4. Practice of Natural Farming

Padmashri

Hukum Chand Patidar, Practitioner NF, Rajasthan: Practice of Natural Farming

5. Scaling up Natural Farming

Prof.

Rajeshwar Chandel, ED, Prakritik Kheti Khushhal Kisan Yojana, HP

6. Syllabi of Agriculture Universities in Zero

-Budget Natural Farming &

Organic Farming

Shri R.C. Agrawal , DDG (Agriculture Education ) ICAR

AUDIENCE: Central Govt./State Govt./KVK/ICAR Institutes/FPOs/Organic & Natural Farming Cluster/ Organic Certification Bodies/Practising Farmers/Organic

Product Exporters/ Citizen Group

Thank you

Implementation status - BPKP

Area covered - 4.09 lakh ha (980 clusters of 500 ha each)

1. A.P - 1,00,000 lakh ha

2. Kerala – 84,000 ha

3. Chhattisgarh – 85,000 ha

4. Jharkhand – 3,400 ha

5. H.P – 12,000 ha

6. Odisha – 24,000 ha

7. Madhya Pradesh – 99,000 ha

8. Tamil Nadu – 2,000 ha

Total – 4,09,400 ha area