Bhumi Suposhan Abhiyan sets in motion; RSS calls for caring of lands all over the country!

NewsBharati    13-Apr-2021
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Pune, April 13: Marking the auspicious occasion of Chaitra Shukla Pratipada today, an alliance of 33 organizations working on agriculture has launched a national level 'Jan Abhiyan' on 'Bhumi Suposhan and Samrakshan’. The multi-dimensional Abhiyan, as reported comprised of action, awareness generation and advocacy for reinstating the holistic Bhumi Suposhan concept.

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The National level Jan Abhiyan on Bhumi Suposhan and Samrakshan started with Bhumi Pujan scheduled at 10.00 am on April 13 all over the country. The basic tenet of the Abhiyan is caring for our lands is the responsibility of every citizen and hence, it will be conducted in villages and cities alike, all over the country. The Jan abhiyan is an outcome of an extensive consultative process implemented in the last four years.
 
 
"Bhumi is our Mother. Our aim is Bhumi Suposhan and not to expolit her", the statement in relation read today. We have overlooked Bhumi Suposhan for over last 200 years of ‘modern’ agriculture and we have been exploiting our lands as an infinite economic resource. We are extracting nutrients from our lands with minimum reciprocation. Presently 30 per cent of our geographical area is suffering from severe land degradation, it added.
 
 
The Abhiyan will have have action, awareness generation and advocacy on Bhumi Suposhan. In the initial phase of the Abhiyan, various programmes like felicitating farmers practicing nonchemical means of farming, awareness generation on replenishing the lands, initiating Bhumi Suposhan on the fields of the willing farmers, encouraging segregation of degradable waste and converting it into compost in housing societies in cities etc. are planned. There will be seminars, workshops, debates, and farmer’s field schools too.
 
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A dedicated office to coordinate Jan Abhiyan is set up in New Delhi. It will be guided by a Margadarshak Mandal and Abhiyan will be led by a steering committee consisting of farmers successfully practicing Bhartiya Krishi Paddhati i.e non-chemical farming.
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