Ques: Recently where did the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare have decided to set up the National Organic Farming Research Institute (NOFRI)?
(a) Mizoram
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Assam
(d) Sikkim
Ans (d)
Related facts:
- On 4 February 2016 while addressing 87th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the ICAR Society at NASC, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister recommended opening of a National Research Centre on Organic Farming at Gangtok, Sikkim for further development of new technologies in this challenging field.
- He emphasized the important role of organic farming in enhancing farmer income as well as in soil fertility and human health and desired the replication of Sikkim model in other suitable states.
- It should be noted that Sikkim is declared as the first organic farming State in the country in January 2016 by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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