Uttar Pradesh – Natural Farming: NITI Initiative

Agriculture Department of Uttar Pradesh is continuously making efforts at various levels for promoting desi cow-based agriculture.
Under the guidance of Hon’ble Chief Minister and Hon’ble Governor of Gujarat, a single day training program on cow-based farming was organized on January 22, 2020 by Chandra Shekhar Azad Agricultural University at a cost of Rs 11.47 Lakhs to train 730 farmers from all the 27 districts located on the banks of Ganga River as Master trainers.
From 27-01-2020 to 31-01-2020, during the period of Ganga Yatra, 627 training programmes on cow-based natural farming were conducted against the proposed 526 training programmes in 1,038 village panchayats along the banks of river Ganga.
Additional Chief Secretary (Agriculture), Government of Uttar Pradesh issued an Order for implementation of natural farming scheme on 26-20-2020. The order includes implementation of the scheme at least in one acre each under all the Krishi Vigyan Kendras in the control of Agriculture University, in each agriculture zones of each sub divisions of Agriculture Department, Departmental Agriculture demonstration and training centres, State agriculture management Institute, Rahmankheda, Lucknow. The updated report of which is as follows;
Progress of natural farming on Departmental Agriculture demonstration and training Centres

SN	Research Centre Name of RATDS	Crop detils		Area, Ha
SN	Research Centre Name of RATDS	Rabi2020	Kharif 2021	Area, Ha

1	Itawa	Wheat	Rice	1.0
2	Azamgadh	Wheat	Rice	1.0
3	Aligadh	Wheat	Rice	0.4
4	Hardoi	Wheat	Rice	0.4
5	Varanasi	Wheat	Rice	1.0
6	Barabanki	Wheat	Rice	0.4
7	Jhansi	Wheat	Black gram	1.0
8	Barelie	Wheat	Rice	0.4
9	Meerut	Wheat	Rice	0.4
Total				6.0

State agriculture management Institute, Rahmankheda, Lucknow

Area of crop demonstration 1.2 acre
Selected crops Mustard, (Peetambari); Lentil (KLS 9-3)
Quantity of seeds- Mustard seed 1.8 Kg, Lentil seed 24 Kg, used for 1.2 Acre area.

Progress of Natural Farming implemented at KVKS working under the Agriculture University

SN	Name of Agricultural University	Name of KVK	Crop	Area , Ha
1	Sardar Vallab Bhai Patel University of Agriculture abd Technology, Meeut	Saharanpur, Badaun, Meerut, Bagpat, Muzzaffarnagar, Bulandshahr, Amroha	Black gram, Wheat and DHENCHA	19.92
2	Banda Agriculture and Technology University, banda	Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Jhansi , Lalitpur	Black gram, Moong, black gram, wheat, tsismum, mustard, chillies, tomato, soybeanand onion	2.4
3	Acharya Narendraddev Univeristy fo Agriculture and Technology, Ayodhya	Nahraich, Basti, Baliya, Mau, Varanasi, Sidharth nagar, Ayodhya, Gorakhpur – 1, Maharajganj, Sonebhadra, Azamgadh, barabanki, Balrampur, Chandoli, Jaunpur 1, Sant Kabirnagar, Ambedkarnager, Amethi, Sultanpur 2, Bahraich 2	Rice,(KAALA NAMK, KAALA DHAN, USHA BASNMATI, MALVIYA SUGANDHA) Pigeonpea, MAHUA, turmeric and moong	8.0
Total				30.32

Three leading farmers were awarded for the promotion of natural farming practices on the Kissan Saman Diwas organized by the State Government on 23.12.2020. Each farmer was provided with a cash prize of Rs 75,000. A similar activity to award the farmers has been planned for this year as well. The details of the farmers awarded last year is given below:

An action plan of Rs.197.22 crores for the implementation of natural farming scheme in an area of 38,670 Ha in 35 districts has been prepared as per the guidelines issued by the Government of India for the implementation of BPKP. The action plan has already been forwarded for the approval of Government of India.
In addition to this, 542 enterprising farmers are adopting natural farming on their own in an area exceeding 1000 acres in the State.

Area covered under Natural Farming in Uttar Pradesh