A two-day national conference on the theme “Organic and Natural Farming - A Tool for Sustainable Agriculture and Economic Development” began at CSK HP Agriculture University, here on Tuesday.
Chief Guest Dr Ram Lal Markanda, Minister of Agriculture, said Himachal would be declared an organic state by 2022. He said both farm universities and the State Department of Agriculture were doing excellent work on organic and natural farming. He said extension staff would reach all 9.61 lakh families and motivate them to adopt organic and natural farming. He expressed his happiness that this year the target was to divert 500 farmers towards natural farming but 3,500 farmers had already been motivated towards this farming.