Switch from chemical farming to natural farming: PM

New Delhi, April 10 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reiterated the need to adopt natural farming for the welfare of future generations while saying that “we should protect mother earth from chemicals.”
“I urge every farmer in Gujarat to switch from chemical farming to natural farming. If we don’t stop damaging our soil, Dharti Ma will no longer provide any produce despite the quality of our seeds,” the PM said.
Addressing the 14th Foundation Day celebration at Umiya Mata Temple at Gathila, Junagadh in Gujarat on Rama Navami virtually, the Prime Minister said, “As we do not feed unnecessary medicines to our mother, we should not use unnecessary chemicals on our land too.”
The PM also talked about measures to preserve land area like water preservation schemes like per drop more crop.
While making an appeal to promote natural farming, the Prime Minister recalled the Jan Andolan undertaken during his tenure as Chief Minister of the state. He said that “we cannot afford to relax on the movement of water preservation.” He said that just as he and Keshubhai worked for water, current Chief Minister is working for mother earth.
Talking about the occasion of Ram Navami, the Prime Minister said that when we think of Ramchandra ji, we remember Shabri, Kewat and Nishadraj too.