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Jammu to switch to organic farming, with 800 hectares

Posted by: xamboli, 16. January 2012 - 12:06
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com
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To explore markets elsewhere in the country and abroad for its saffron, basmati rice and rajmash among various other agricultural produce, the Jammu-Kashmir government is adopting organic farming in a systematic manner.

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It has identified 800 hectares of agricultural land in the hilly districts of Kishtwar, Doda and Ramban, besides the plains of Jammu, and entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) recently with three private service providers — New Delhi-based M/s International Panaacea Ltd, Jaipur-based M/s M R Morarka-GDC Rural Research Foundation and the Jammu-based M/s Sarveshwar Organic Foods Ltd.

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