&nbsp;Punjab, which is called the granary of India, provides 25% of wheat and 40% of rice in the central pool. Over the last few decades, there has been a drastic change in soil health in Punjab due to the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers, which not only deplete the nutritional value of our food but also contaminate it. Research studies have found consistent evidence of serious health risks such as cancer, nervous system diseases, and reproductive problems in people exposed to pesticides. The southwest belt of Punjab is infamous around the world as a cancer belt. To remove this stain, there was an urgent need to educate farmers in the region on natural farming methods.Volunteers went door to door in 20 villages in 20 days to motivate farmers to attend this training. In the 3-day training program conducted by Ramakrishna Reddy, Chairman of SSIAST, farmers learned to make two types of organic manure and five types of organic sprays that can be used to treat crops. The 30 farmers who underwent the training have pledged to start initially on a small patch of land and once convinced of its efficiency, will expand to more lands. Decreasing soil chemical contamination creates an overall &ldquo;return to nature&rdquo;, bringing back nutrients and helpful organisms, and yielding clean, unaltered produce.&ldquo;I have been doing natural farming in my ten acres of land for the last seven years but the techniques shared by Reddy has cleared many of my doubts.&rdquo; - Varinder Mohan Nagpal (farmer).&ldquo;I have 15 acres of land which I had given on lease. Now, after this training, I will start producing at least for my own family.&rdquo; - Retd. Captain Gurcharan Singh.

Steering Punjab Farmers Back To Natural Farming

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