Prayagraj,

18 Dec (HS): A five-day farmer training program organized under the ATMA scheme

for the farmers of Saharsa district, Bihar, was inaugurated from December

18-22, 2025 at the Directorate of Extension, Sam Higginbottom University of

Agricultural Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj.

Addressing

the farmers at the inaugural ceremony of the above training program, Chief

Guest Dr. Praveen Charan, Director of Extension, informed the farmers about

natural farming, stating that the five important sources of cow-based natural

farming are Jeevamrit, Beejamrit, Achhadan, Vafsa, and intercropping, which are

the basic foundation. Natural farming is a direction and process of farming

based on a more local, flexible, and adaptable agro-ecology. Natural farming

provides solutions to various problems such as food insecurity, farmer

distress, and health problems caused by pesticide and fertilizer residues in

food and water, global warming, climate change, and natural disasters. It also

has the potential to generate employment, which can prevent rural migration.

Natural farming, as the name suggests, is the art, practice, and rapidly

growing science of working with nature to achieve more with less.

Dr.

Shailendra Kumar Singh, scientist Dr. T.D. Mishra and Dr. Sarvendra Kumar also

gave information to the farmers. Scientists of Extension Directorate Dr.

Shishir Kumar, Dr. Shailendra Kumar Singh etc. were present in the program and

guided the participating farmers.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi