Samyukt Kisan Morcha warns against natural farming, asks Centre to ensure adequate fertilisers

Warning that “natural farming “ could reduce crop output by 30%, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella organisation of more than 500 farmers’ outfits, has urged the union government here on Friday to ensure adequate supplies of fertilisers during this Kharif period. The SKM has also decided to hold nationwide protests against the rise in prices of fertilisers, diesel and black marketing. Addressing reporters, the leaders of the SKM said their National Council will meet on June 17, and an All India Convention will be held on July 28 at New Delhi to gear up for “long haul of mass struggles” till achieving crucial demands, including a statutory minimum support price (MSP).

The SKM leaders asked farmer unions, peasant organisations and agricultural workers to burn copies of the recent Government order on MSP for the kharif crops in every village. Alleging that the Narendra Modi government is not protecting farmers’ needs of urea and Di Ammonium Phosphate, the SKM said while the Union Government was fully aware of the fertiliser demand, it deliberately faltered on foreign policy by failing to ensure the supply of cheap crude oil, natural gas and LPG to secure the supply of diesel and fertiliser to farmers. “It is shamelessly raising fuel prices, burdening the farmers and threatening food security,” the SKM leaders said.

In natural farming, the SKM will reduce crop output by at least 30%. “The Agriculture Minister has openly declared a shortage of fertilisers to encourage black marketeers. The government has proved its incompetence and is unrepentant on its political folly of stopping imports from Iran and Russia at the behest of Donald Trump and U.S. imperialism,” the leaders said.

They alleged that the Modi government has surrendered to corporate lobbies, U.S. imperialism, and global agri-chemical cartels while forcing 48 farmers to commit suicide every day. “This is not governance. This is a systematic genocide dressed in trade deals, tax theft, and artificial scarcity,” they said.

Commenting on MSP, they said between 2016 and 2025, farmers of 20 major crops lost ₹27 lakh crore – transferred to millers, exporters, and middlemen. “For Kharif 2025-26 alone, losses from just four crops (paddy, cotton, soybean, maize) totalled ₹2.64 lakh crore. And even these paper MSPs are a lie: in October 2025, soybean sold 21% below MSP, moong 24%, maize 24%, groundnut 26%, ragi 35%, and even paddy 1.8% below. 83% of farmers never receive MSP,” they said.