Samyukt Kisan Morcha warns against natural farming, asks Centre to ensure adequate fertilisers
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has raised concerns that natural farming could lead to a significant decrease in crop output. They are urging the Indian government to ensure sufficient fertilizer supplies and have planned nationwide protests against rising prices. The SKM also criticized the government's handling of fertilizer demand and its impact on farmers' livelihoods.
- ▪The SKM warns that natural farming could reduce crop output by 30%.
- ▪They are planning nationwide protests against the rising prices of fertilizers and diesel.
- ▪The SKM alleges that the government is not adequately protecting farmers' needs for fertilizers.
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Warning that “natural farming “ could reduce crop output by 30%, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella organisation of more than 500 farmers’ outfits, has urged the union government here on Friday to ensure adequate supplies of fertilisers during this Kharif period. The SKM has also decided to hold nationwide protests against the rise in prices of fertilisers, diesel and black marketing. Addressing reporters, the leaders of the SKM said their National Council will meet on June 17, and an All India Convention will be held on July 28 at New Delhi to gear up for “long haul of mass struggles” till achieving crucial demands, including a statutory minimum support price (MSP).The SKM leaders asked farmer unions, peasant organisations and agricultural workers to burn copies of the recent…
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