Organic Farming under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yogana scheme : A need to address the lack of availability of Farm Yard Manure.

Farm Yard Manure (FYM) which is the most commonly used organic manure in India is in short supply. Under the recently launched Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yogana (PKVY) scheme, the Government is planning to bring 5 lakh acres of land under organic farming over the next three years. The achievement of this target may be in jeopardy due to non-availability of farm yard manure. Measures suggested to overcome this shortage are rearing more cattle, enhancing the production of organic manure through incentives, increasing the land under fodder crops and permanent pastures, encouraging the maintenance of cattle through subsidies and incentives and kraaling of cattle on the fields.