Time to work on alternatives to chemical fertilisers: PM Modi

The time had come to "correct the mistakes" that have become part of farming, Modi said

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called upon panchayats to ensure that at least one village under their jurisdiction adopts natural farming to make it a mass movement.
 
Addressing virtually a national conclave on natural farming in Ahmedabad, Modi said there was a need to take agriculture out of the chemical laboratory and connect it with nature’s lab. He said investors should also look towards processing of products produced through natural farming as that is the way to move forward.
 
“We need to take agriculture out of the chemical lab and connect it with nature’s lab. And natural