General overview of zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) Choudhary S.K.1,*, Kumar Rajesh1, Seema1, Kumar Abhishek1 1Department of Agronomy, Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Bhagalpur-813 210, Bihar, India *Corresponding Author: S.K. Choudhary, Department of Agronomy, Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Bhagalpur-813 210, Bihar, India, Email: saurabhkkv2885@gmail.com
Online published on 27 October, 2023. Abstract India will surpass China as the most populated country in the world, with an estimated nearly 1.67 billion people by 2050 (World Population Data Sheet, October 2019). In order to feed this population, the country has to adopt a policy of vertical growth in productivity as the opportunities of further horizontal expansion of cultivated area are almost exhausted. Continuous cropping depletes the soil nutrient reserves and hence, the soils are to be replenished with the essential major and minor plant nutrients. In this context, Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) given by Subhash Palekar is not appropriate technology to adopt the farmers because in this technique, cannot provide adequate quantity of nutrients required for higher crop productivity as soil has a limited nutrient supplying capacity. In addition, ZBNF recommends use of traditional varieties of crops having almost half the yield potential of modern high yielding varieties. Thus, farmers will not earn enough to double their income with low crop productivity. Top Keywords 4 pillars of ZBNF, Agniastra, Brahmastra, Natural farming, Neemastra, ZBNF. Top |