Nagpur: The union budget has abandoned agricultural activists from disappointed areas, including Subhash Palekar, whose zero budget agriculture method has mentioned in 2019.
In budget 2019, zero budget cultivation has a multiple agricultural means.
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Four years along the line once again Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman talked about natural farming, Palekar said there seemed to be no consistency.
When activists and farmers have denied doubts about their efficiency, even palangkar has rejected the idea of natural agriculture today, calling it disaster.
Palekar told Tii, “This is not my natural agriculture method that seems to follow the government.
There seems to be a shift to the Japanese method by Masunobu Fukoka who cannot be successful.
My method is specifically known as a natural agriculture Subhas Palangkar where almost no consultation from the government .
“Meanwhile, activists, who still support conventional agricultural methods, said natural agriculture would be an impractical solution.
Anil Ghanvat, President Shetkari Vegetable, said the announcement of the direct transfer of MSP for the procurement of rice and wheat had been made in the mind of the election in Punjab and above.
Farmers from other countries have been abandoned.
“The idea of natural agriculture also seems impractical because it will cause a large decrease in the output.
If the government wants a pesticide-free agriculture, genetically modified plants must be permitted,” Ghanvat said, who is also a member of the committee appointed by the court of agriculture which is now dead.
Vaibhav Kashikar Seeds Ankur said the government must think of natural agricultural practices because it also affects the output.
Although the idea of using artificial intelligence and learning machine in this sector is a welcome step.
“Announcement of natural agriculture appears to be a mere transfer of core issues such as agricultural subsidies.
There is no word about the increase in agricultural income or agricultural worker wages,” said Vijay Jawandhia, a veteran agricultural activist.
Asitava Sen, CEO of Crop Life India, said the idea of spraying agro-chemicals through quite large drones.
The Minister of Finance also talked about developing natural farming on a 5 km corridor along Ganga.
This can also help rejuvenate the river.
However, natural agriculture as a whole requires scientific evidence.
Aspects like not only output but even protection against invasive pests needs to be seen.
Ganesh Nanote, a farmer from Akola, said the government must guarantee to make output losses on shifting to natural agriculture.
Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, farmer clothing affiliated with RSS, has supported a free agricultural plan of chemicals.
However, it has objected to having a GST agricultural input because ultimately leads to the burden on agriculture, said Sangh.
Kishore Tiwari, Chairperson of Vasantrao on Shetkari Swavalamban Mission (VNSSM), said it was not mentioned for credit expenses, MSP revisions or changes in plant insurance schemes, which made farmers disappointed.
Activists, including Subhash Palangkar, irritated with natural agricultural ideas
