date:Aug 17, 2020
The Himachal Pradesh government is working towards certifying at least 15,000 farmers and apple growers practising chemical-free cultivation by March, intended to give a further boost to zero budget natural farming in the state.
Onkar Sharma, Principal Secretary, Agriculture: We have started working on the certification process and once it happens, the farmers will get much better price for their produce.
Sharma said around 6,700 apple growers had already adopted natural farming. We are very p