<span style="color: #222222;">Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today called upon the governments, media, scientific fraternity and people to encourage agriculture. He stressed the need for encouraging allied activities and infusing technology to increase profitability in agriculture.</span> <br />''<br />''Speaking after releasing the book 'Prakriti Sainyam' which means Army of Nature, in Hyderabad this evening, the Vice President emphasised that the technological advances and the fruits of research by various institutions should be made available to farmers in their mother tongue.  <br />'' <br />''The Vice President noted that farmers taking up allied activities, particularly animal husbandry, will also help organic farming by providing a potent source of manure and biofertilizers.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The Vice President hoped that the book will inspire many more people to take up organic farming as it chronicles the success stories of 100 farmers who have shifted to organic and traditional farming.</span><br />