Soil degradation and water scarcity caused by overuse of resources and excessive use of chemical inputs are the two most significant challe...

Govt pushed for zero budget farming recently, but toi teams in 6 states found critical issues need to be addressed to make it a success.

In Maharashtra, a considerable number of followers have returned to practicing chemical farming as they failed to improve their incomes wit...

The survey also proposed improving infrastructure, access to markets and adopting technology for smallholder farmers.

Under 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...

Under zero-budget natural farming, a set of natural farming methods are used where the cost of growing and harvesting crops is almost zero.

Started 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...