A Glance Progress and Achievements during 2019-20     

• Nomenclature of Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) has been changed to Subhash Palekar Natural Farming (SPNF) and the government has granted approval and notified abbreviating The ‘Prakritik Kheti Khushhal Kisan Yojna as PKKKY/ PK3Y.
• The Government of Himachal Pradesh has approved and notified reconstitution of the State Level Task Force on ‘Promotion of Organic Farming/Zero Budget Natural Farming’ as ‘State Level Task Force for Promotion of Natural Farming in Himachal Pradesh’.
• As against a target of training 50,000 farmers in the financial year 2019 – 20, a total of 53,951 farmers have adopted SPNF Model (partially) as an alternate mode of farming in all the 12 districts of the state. 

• Total numbers of 2921Panchayats covered under SPNF.
• Till 31^st March 2020, 56, 620 farmers have started practicing SPNF over 2794 ha land.
• A total of 312 Sansadhan Bhandars were opened in different blocks, beside this 13,490 on Farm Input generation (Plastic drums/tanks) provided to farmers under farmers assistance component.
• Assistance was also provided for lining of 1053 nos. of cowsheds of the SPNF practicing farmers having indigenous cows.

• 272 nos. of indigenous cows were purchased by the SPNF farmers who were provided assistance of 50% with a maximum ceiling of Rs. 25000/cow.
• Package of Practices have been developed for different crops in both video and literature format. Currently, a total of 93 videos based on farmers’ experience and our scientific studies, have been developed and uploaded both on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZELLCfuH1GONqJsH6CaXQ); and on facebook (https://spnfhp.nic.in/en-IN/spnf.html). In addition, a set of 6 pictorial manuals related to SPNF in Hindi (60,000 copies) depicting different SPNF practices have been got printed and distributed among farmers.