Researchers seek incentives to promote organic farming

Progressive farmers and researchers have urged the government to promote organic farming with a host of incentives so that they could switch over, produce toxin-free food and fetch better prices for organically grown crops. Progressive farmer and Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) Senior Vice President Nabi Bux Sathio said “people around the globe love to eat organic food, although there is a world of difference in terms of prices of organic and inorganic crops”. He said if the government offered certain incentives including loans to farmers and activated market committees for the promotion of organic crops, growers would turn to natural farming, which suits both soil fertility and people to a great extent. He said organic crops were dearer than the inorganic crops as farmers had to work hard and got less produce in comparison with the inorganic crops.