Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the government is actively encouraging farmers to adopt natural farming, and lakhs of farmers have joined the National Mission on Natural Farming launched about a year back.

Addressing the gathering at the South India Natural Farming Summit, PM Modi said that expansion of natural farming is the demand of the 21st century in the farming sector.

He said that soil fertility has been affected due to the excessive use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides, and the only possible solution to reduce its impact is through crop diversification and natural farming.

"Expansion of natural farming is the demand of the farming of the 21st century . Due to the rise in demand in the last few years, us

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