CHANDIGARH, July 8 -- Calling upon farmers to adopt natural farming as "chemical farming has adversely affected people's health", Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday said that expert committees will be set up in every district to promote natural farming and change the direction of agriculture practices in the state.

The primary responsibility of these committees--Prakriti Shri Anna Prerak Kisan Committees---will be to reach out to farmers, visit their farms and coordinate with the government to connect the cultivators with natural farming.

"They (committees) will, in effect, serve as ambassadors of natural farming," Saini said addressing the 'Prakritik kheti Samvad', organised by the Haryana agriculture and farmers' we...