Nauni university to host natural farming meet on Sept 13-14

Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, will host an international conference on “Enabling Sustainable Food Systems through Natural Farming” (ESFS-NF) on September 13-14.

Organised in collaboration with the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), France, and the state chapter of the Indian Ecological Society, the conference is set to be held with the aim to advance the discourse on sustainable agriculture and natural farming.

The conference will host Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Director General Dr Himanshu Pathak; Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Bihar, Chancellor Dr PL Gautam; and vice-chancellors and directors of various agricultural universities and ICAR institutes.

Over 200 participants, including international scientists from countries such as France, Serbia, Britain, Mauritius and Nepal, will be participating in the conference.

It is set to be organised as part of SuSPNF and the Agroecological Crop Protection towards International Co-innovation dynamics and evidence of Sustainability (ACROPICS) project, which addresses the need for sustainable agricultural practices.

It will focus on four thematic areas — natural resource management through agroecological practices for climate resilience, nature-based solutions for crop protection, natural farming for socio-economic transformation, and innovations in sustainable food systems.