Saturday, February 15, 2014

Awareness on organic farming and certification at Namli GPU

GANGTOK, 13 Feb: A GPU level orientation programme on organic farming and certification process was held at Namli GPK, East Sikkim on 13 February. The programme was organized by ICS service provider Amar Jyoti Sewa Samity (0rganic) NGO in collaboration with Sikkim Organic Mission, Govt. of Sikkim.
A press release informs that Field In-charge Jeewan Mishra of Amar Jyoti NGO explained about the documentation process and its importance of organic certification, Internal control system. He briefed about the Organic Mission and its benefits to farmers after certification. The NGO is working with 236 farmers in Namli GPU, he added.
Block Technology Manager, Pratima Silwal of ATMA also interacted with farmers. She briefed farmers about the importance of Farm School and its activities. She also focused on Farmers club and Kisan Call Centre where she said that farmers can easily communicate with experts about their field problems through the call centre, the release mentions.
The program was also addressed by area VLW, Lalit Chettri who distributed horticulture seeds to the farmers and briefed them about field preparation and inputs used. He appealed to all farmers to use FYM and bio pesticides.
Submited by: Jeewan Mishra (Field Incharge, Amar Jyoti NGO) 9609752223



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