About 500 farmers from five districts of Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Hassan and Kodagu participated in the workshop where they were briefed on yogic agriculture.
Delivering the keynote address, Lakshmi D. Raju, Joint Director, Department of Horticulture, Lalbagh, Bengaluru, opined that organic farming gave good yield as it was free from chemical fertilisers. She contended that the residual level of pesticides in agricultural produce was going up in recent times that has prompted people to switch over to organic products. She added that the government too was promoting organic farming with good incentives.
