Khet Bachao Abhiyan (Save the Farm Campaign)

Why it matters

Helps farmers cut input costs and protect soil health by promoting soil-test-based fertilizer use and natural farming instead of excess chemical inputs.

What you get

Launched by the Governor of Mizoram in June 2026, Khet Bachao Abhiyan is a soil-health and natural-farming awareness and advisory drive run with the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare. It works through village-level camps and demonstrations to encourage farmers to use Soil Health Cards to apply only the nutrients their soil actually needs, reducing wasteful and harmful over-application of chemical fertilizer, and to adopt natural/organic farming inputs such as compost, vermicompost and bio-fertilizers. The campaign aims to halt soil degradation linked to decades of unscientific fertilizer use and improve long-term yield sustainability.

Eligibility criteria

• Any farmer cultivating land in Mizoram
• Willingness to get a Soil Health Card and follow test-based fertilizer recommendations
• No specific land-size restriction

How to apply

1. 1

   Attend the village-level Khet Bachao Abhiyan camp or demonstration

2. 2

   Get soil samples tested for a free Soil Health Card

3. 3

   Adopt the recommended fertilizer dose and natural-farming inputs with field-staff guidance

Documents required

• Land/farm details for soil sample registration
• Farmer identity proof