Jabalpur Farmers Taking To Organic Farming, Earning Good Profits

Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): Farmers of the district are taking an interest in organic farming and getting certification of their farm from the government agency.

A farmer Vinay Singh got an organic certification for his entire 52-acre farm land from the Madhya Pradesh State Organic Certification Agency yesterday.

He takes the lead to other farmers in the district in carrying out organic farming. 

Under the government organic farming certification scheme, he got registered his farm in 2022, and after passage of three years, he got organic certification for the entire farm land of producing crops through organic mode.

So far 12 farmers from the district have gone for organic certification while the process to deposit fees for registration of five more farmers is finished.

Agriculture Department deputy director Dr S K Nigam said the benefit of securing organic certification is that the farmers can display the logo it on their product which will fetch them a better price.

Nigam cited example of Vinay Singh as this farmer is expected to earn an income of Rs 20-21 lakh from chilli crop in 9 months and expected to get a profit of Rs 5 lakh after deducting expenses.

Vinay is a master trainer under the Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA Scheme) for sharing his experience with other farmers in the district and motivating them to adopt organic farming methods.