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self-reliance for farmers. With to motivate the farmers to adopt
the dung and urine of just one natural farming. A huge number
indigenous cow, a farmer can of farmers from Andhra Pradesh
extend natural farming to over have also undertaken natural
30 acres of land. Jeevamrit and farming.
Ghanjeevamrit made from a By following the principles of
mixture of native cow’s dung, bijamrit, jeevamrit, ghanjeevamrit,
urine, gram flour, jaggery and aachhadan, vapsa and multi-
soil, increase the population of cropping and following natural
land-friendly micro-organisms farming with holistic methods,
and earthworms which, in turn, the farmers can ensure the
can increase the fertility of the productivity of their land.
land. Healthy agriculture products
When I was the governor of procured from natural farming
Himachal Pradesh, I used to visit will protect people’s health. The
the farms of our farmers and land, water and environment will
gardeners. I inspired 50 farmers be protected. Natural farming
to take up natural farming. will also promote the rearing of
Today, there are one and a half indigenous cows and it will reduce
lakh farmers who are practising farming expenses and increase
natural farming. In Gujarat, we production. The farmers will get
motivated about three lakh proper prices for their crops,
farmers to do natural farming which will make them prosperous.
and today, the Dang district of This one change will bring many
the State has been declared a benefits. As we move towards the
purely Natural Farming District. 'Amrit Kaal', we need to pledge
In the recent past, I travelled to that by adopting natural farming,
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, we will contribute to building a
Maharashtra, Goa, and Haryana developed Atmanirbhar Bharat.

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