India: Odisha to promote organic farming in joint effort with UNEP
Executive director of UNEP, Erik Solheim met chief minister Naveen Patnaik at the state secretariat on Friday and discussed the scope of organic farming in Odisha.
There is a lot of scope for organic farming in Odisha for which the state government is interested in sustainable and climate resilient organic agriculture. Organic farming should be given importance in
rain-dependent and tribal areas of Odisha where there is no application of chemicals in agriculture, said Naveen Patnaik.
Stating that the UNEP is interested to take up programmes in social and economic fields and for environment protection in Odisha, Erik Solheim said there is scope for organic farming which can be successful with cooperation from the government.
A ten-member team from UNEP headed by Erik Solheim attended a high level meeting presided over by chief secretary AP Padhi where applying green technology to achieve sustainable development was discussed.
Generating solar energy, promoting organic farming and developing Odisha’s traditional agricultural potential were discussed.
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