Shimla, July 17 -- The Shimla deputy commissioner Anupam Kashyap on Friday said that model villages will be established to promote natural farming across the district.

"One village will be identified in every block for this purpose and specifically, two model villages will be set up in the Mashobra-Tutu block," said DC, after a decision after a meeting under the National Mission on Natural Farming.

Kashyap said that combined benefits of various schemes of agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, and animal husbandry departments would be extended to these villages. "This initiative will be linked with the panchayati raj system of the rural development department," he said.

"Facilities for farmer training, experience sharing, and the exchan...