Promoting Natural Farming
Natural farming was one of the important focus areas of SHALAR Foundation during the year.
The Foundation promoted farming approaches that encourage farmers to reduce dependence on external agricultural inputs and make greater use of locally available resources.
Major Activities :
- Natural farming awareness programmes
- Farmer training and demonstrations
- Preparation and use of organic inputs
- Ghana Jibamruta preparation
- Handikhata demonstrations
- Organic manure preparation
- Farmer-level knowledge sharing
- Natural farming certification initiatives
SHALAR Foundation also continued its efforts towards Natural Farming Certification under the NMNF framework and related organic/natural farming certification processes.