Success story of a natural farmer from Solan district of Himachal Pradesh

Abstract

To most of the farmers, pesticide use is an inevitable aspect of farming, however, injudicious use of pesticides can pose serious risk to the environment, soil health, human beings and also to the animals. Hence, need of the hour is to shift from chemical based farming to natural farming which is a low-input and climate-resilient farming system that encourages farmers to use low-cost locally sourced
inputs, eliminating the use of artificial fertilizers and industrial pesticides. Shri Madan Gopal is one such farmer who is growing different cash crops under natural farming system with higher net returns as compared to chemical farming system.