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The food processing industries and horticulture department of West Bengal has asked the rural agricultural farms to begin organic farming and assured them of technical assistance as well as help in promotion and marketing. (4th May, 2017, The Economic Times.)
Why has government taken such initiative?
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The government supports Organic farming as it promotes sustainable cultivation. It is helpful in many ways:
- Protecting soil quality.
- Promotes nitrogen fixation in soil.
- Risk of biomagnifications can be reduced.
- Indirect provision of crop nutrients using soil micro-organisms.
- Care for the larger environment and conservation of natural habitats and wildlife.
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