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In today’s blog we will be talking about the Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati Scheme launched to promote the natural farming system. We will discuss the scheme, its importance to farmers and other key points related to it.
Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati Scheme (BPKP)
Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati Scheme is a sub scheme from 2020-21 under the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna (PKVY) to promote natural farming. The scheme mainly focuses on the exclusion of all synthetic chemicals. It promotes on-farm biomass recycling, with a focus on biomass mulching, cow dung-urine formulations, plant-based preparations, and soil aeration at regular intervals.
Key Points under the scheme
- Under the BPKP scheme farmers are provided with financial assistance of 12200 per hectare. It will be used for cluster formation, capacity building and continuous land holding by trained personnel, certification and residue analysis.
- About 4.9 lakh hectare area has been covered and a fund of Rs. 4857.17 lakh has been introduced in 8 states including Tamil Nadu.
- Group of farmers will be encouraged to take up organic farming under PKVY.
- Under the scheme, 50 or more farmers will form a cluster with 50 acres of land to begin organic farming. In this way over the course of three years, 10,000 clusters will be formed, covering a total area of 5.0 lakh acres under organic farming.
- Every farmer will receive Rs.20, 000 per acre over the course of three years for seed, crop harvesting, and transportation to market.
- Traditional resources will be used to promote organic farming, and organic products will be linked to the market. By involving farmers, it will increase domestic production and certification of organic produce.
Benefits of the scheme
- The produce obtained through natural farming will be free of pesticides. This will contribute to improving the health of consumers.
- Natural farming will help smallholder farmers get out of debt by reducing their reliance on purchased inputs.
- Farmer’s income will increase and create a potential market for traders. This will encourage them to mobilize natural resources for input production.
- Farmers will not be liable for expenditure on certification.
The programme has been adopted in the State of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala. Natural farming is considered a cost effective process which can raise employment and rural development. It is roughly estimated that around 2.5 million farmers in India are already practicing regenerative agriculture.
With this we come to the end of this blog. We covered in detail about the recently launched Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Paddhati Scheme. We also discussed some points about Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna as well.
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