View: Nature produces agricultural solutions for smallholder farmersSoil degradation and water scarcity caused by overuse of resources and excessive use of chemical inputs are the two most significant challe...
Field notes: Why no-cost farming is yet to take offGovt pushed for zero budget farming recently, but toi teams in 6 states found critical issues need to be addressed to make it a success.
Budget 2019: Zero Budget farming has few takers in the state where it originatedIn Maharashtra, a considerable number of followers have returned to practicing chemical farming as they failed to improve their incomes wit...
Budget 2019: Farmers need to be incentivised to conserve water, says Economic SurveyThe survey also proposed improving infrastructure, access to markets and adopting technology for smallholder farmers.
Niti Aayog wants states to promote zero budget natural farmingUnder ZBNF, neither fertiliser nor pesticide is used and only 10 per cent of water is to be used for irrigation as compare to traditional f...
Government to pursue states to move to zero-budget natural farmingUnder zero-budget natural farming, a set of natural farming methods are used where the cost of growing and harvesting crops is almost zero.
Andhra Pradesh plans to scale up zero budget farming with UN-backed SIFFStarted in 2015, ZBNF scheme has been rolled out to 1,38,000 farmers across all 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh, covering almost 1,50,000 ac...