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Engineering transformation through zero budget natural farming (ZBNF)

The Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP) adopted an innovative, climate change resilient, zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) intervention in 2015. The purpose was to cover 500 000 farmers by 2020, ensuring farmer welfare, consumer welfare, and most importantly, food security for present and future generations.

Currently, farmers are in deep distress on account of poor soils, ever increasing cultivation costs, and increasing risks. Climate change is further exacerbating risks. Zero budget natural farming, pioneered by Subhash Palekar, enables farmers to improve soil fertility, drastically reduce costs and risks, reduce irrigation requirements, and increase yields. ZBNF farmers also provide consumers with chemical-free, nutritious foods. Food security is ensured through continuously increasing soil organic matter, water-holding capacity, and biodiversity. At present, 160 000 ZBNF farmers are on board in Andhra Pradesh.

ZBNF best-practitioner farmers are playing a central role in taking the programme to other farmers, thus propelling the ZBNF to scale up exponentially. Their success in knowledge dissemination is phenomenal. With their leadership, the vision is to convert all 6 million farmers in Andhra Pradesh into ZBNF farmers by 2024; it is the future of farming, rooted in Indian tradition.

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السنة: 2018
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البلد/البلدان: India
التغطية الجغرافية: آسيا والمحيط الهادي
النص الكامل متاح على: http://www.fao.org/3/BU710EN/bu710en.pdf
لغة المحتوى: English
Author: Vijay Kumar ,
النوع: الابتكار
Organization: Rythu Sadhikara Samstha, Government of Andhra Pradesh

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