Bengal towards Organic

The eastern part of the country, which is still more or less organic by default and the poor affordability of the small & marginal farmers, spread across the region. As the region is marred with the problem of regular inundation and in times water deficit too. So, in line a very positive move of the West Bengal Govt to promote the organic farming in state, much after the earlier efforts of the other Southern, Northern (UK), MP and some NE states. Bengal has a rich legacy of farming, added with its fertile gangetic belt and the expert growers. Under the program the state govt is promoting the use of biofertilisers, bio-seeds, organic fertilisers and other biotechnology based farm inputs, which are sustainable and may cause least damage to the environment. Organic manures, neem based fertilisers and pesticides, other than the livestock excreta (dung and urine) based products are likely to get a hand in almost 134 bio-villages, well spread throughout the state. The step by the state govt may be worth appreciation, when Small and marginal farmers hold 84% of the farm land in Bengal against the national average of 43. Of this, 72% of such holding has irrigation coverage in West Bengal against the national average of 44%.