Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary on Wednesday cautioned against the harmful effect of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and prescribed use of organic fertilizer for organic farming.

Inaugurating a state-level workshop on `Organic Farming in Bihar: Commercial Prospects and Future Mode', the Speaker said that chemical fertilizers diminish the fertility power of the soil and chemical pesticides affect the health of the people. Stating that the use of organic fertilizer was being said to be a viable alternative, he said that organic farming has been the original mode of Indian farming since time immemorial. Organic farming should be envied, he said.

The workshop was organized jointly by Ecocert-India and Organic Mission, Patna. Ecocert-India MD S Daniel stated that certification of organic farming and organic produce is being done worldwide by its certification agencies in 120 countries...............Click for more

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