While the Union Budget sought to promote Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF), the farmers and crusaders of this method in Andhra Pradesh want governments to follow a practical approach rather than ...

Zero-Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF), developed by Subhash Palekar, a 69-year-old farm philosopher from Maharashtra, has been generating interest in a large number of farmers across the country. While ...

BENGALURU: While the world focuses on quinoa and kale to meet its nutrient needs, a few locals and experts have been calling for local, season-based produce as the ticket to health. The way they are ...

GUNTUR: With the world looking towards the State following Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) practiced by farmers, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the farmers must be coached in English ...

Vijayawada: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) will help to improve quality of life of the global community. He said a global knowledge centre on natural ...

Visakhapatnam: The ZBNF (Zero Budget Natural Farming) model of agriculture, an initiative launched by the state government, to help farmers go back to natural farming has impressed the Government of ...

Overemphasis on Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) to reduce cost of production and double farmer incomes must be analysed critically and holistically. The adoption of high-yielding variety (HYV) ...

Increasing desertification of the soil is a severe challenge facing the agriculture sector, not just in India (as per the State of India’s Environment 2017 book by CSE and Down To Earth) but also in ...

The Andhra Pradesh state government is planning to scale up ZBNF (zero budget natural farming) clusters by a twofold increase in acreage. “Another major project that would be taken up under ZBNF is ...

One of the biggest announcements in Budget 2019 was to promote zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) on a massive scale. Terming it as ‘going back to basics’, the Finance Minister made a strong pitch for ...