NABARD launched __________ to promote Natural Farming

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  The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on Wednesday launched an agroecology -based programme JIVA that will promote natural farming under its existing watershed and wadi programmes in 11 states. "JIVA is a culmination of several projects under the watershed programme ...and will be implemented on our existing completed (or near completed) watersheds and wadis in 11 states covering five agroecological zones, which are in ecologically fragile and rain-fed areas," NABARD Chairman G R Chintala said in the virtual launching event.