PERCEPTION OF FARMERS ABOUT ZERO BUDGET NATURAL FARMING IN CHACHYOT BLOCK OF MANDI DISTRICT, HIMACHAL PARDESH
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Date
2021-12
Authors
PATHANIA, GAURAV
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UHF,NAUANI
Abstract
Abstract
Natural Farming is suggested as a neoteric approach to improve both traditional and
modern agricultural practices, which aims to safeguard the environment, public health and
communities. Farmers in Himachal Pradesh historically relived on natural farming as per
their subsistence farming operation. The present study has been conducted with the purpose
to examine the possible of farmer’s to determine the perception of farmers about zero budget
natural farming and to study the constraints perceived by farmers about zero budget natural
farming. The area of present study has been the Gohar, Chachyot block of district Mandi in
Himachal Pradesh. The sample size of present study has been 70 respondents. The data has
been collected with the help of structured and pre-structured questionnaire. The findings
revealed that 98.6 per cent respondents are engaged with natural farming and the rest 0.4 per
cent respondents are into organic and chemical farming. The study concluded that we need a
system which eliminates the synthetic fertilizers, additives preservatives and replace them
with organic inputs.