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The Economic Times
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Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan shares agricultural experience, urges farmers to adopt traditional farming methods

Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday shared his experience of transplanting paddy in a field in Ayodhya and highlighted traditional and sustainable farming practices being adopted there.

Sharing his experience in a post on X, Chouhan noted that before the main paddy transplantation, dhaincha (Sesbania aculeata) was grown in the field and later incorporated into the soil to enhance fertility and act as green manure.

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