Farmer Shweta Bhattad said: "Art is as powerful as the pen. PM Modi has been stressing on Make in India. We urge him to make Grow in India a campaign. The farmers today are facing problems and youngsters don't want to be farmers. So they need encouragement."
The crop art -- spread over 7,200 square feet -- is probably the largest crop art in the country.
It took the farmers and artists over 3 months to create the portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi using crop and the message -- "Dear Prime Minister Please Grow on India".
The farmers have also written a letter to the Prime Minister about their concerns like vanishing local seeds, lack of pesticides and need for organic farming over GM crops.
Farmer Vasant Futaane said: "I have been doing organic farming for the last 3 decades. We are finding it difficult to get local seeds. The Prime Minister should so something about this."
The 7,200 sq ft crop art is attracting many visitors. Its creators hope the PM also notices it and takes steps to make farming profitable.
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