Over 60 serving and ex-govt officials, a NITI Aayog member & scientists have published a paper warning that ZBNF method could threaten national food security.
India produces about 22.43 million tonnes of onion a year, but consumes only about 15.5 million tonnes. Hence, steady exports are necessary to maintain prices, writes Indian horticulture commissioner.
Onion is a seasonal crop, and offseason shortages result in sky-high prices in September-November each year. But politicians’ response creates more distortions.
India no longer has a shortage of cereals, but legacy of mid-1960s droughts has shaped the food economy. India doesn’t trust agricultural markets to work.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
Please send this to the Indian Scientist forum – this is what they should be doing. Point out the illogical parts and show the parts that helps the farmers rather than taking a political stand.
It is not a myth or without scientific basis. ZBNF is a regenerative agriculture paradigm tailored for India. Even chemical agricultural scientist would agree that in forest soils with trees with deep roots, you don’t need any chemicals for cultivation. ZBNF is in fact a bio-mimicry technique to emulate a forest environment with the multi layer plants and trees with the application of a bio fertilizer (jeevamrutham).
And there is science behind it as well with several published papers on regenerative agriculture. The landmark paper on how things work in the soil is the one below. There are more – the scientists should know how to search those. Please forward it to the “scientists” who are making crying hoax over ZBNF. They should go research about it and help our farmers get out of chemical farming.
Interactions of Bacteria, Fungi, and their Nematode Grazers: Effects on Nutrient Cycling and Plant Growth
Russell E. Ingham J. A. Trofymow Elaine R. Ingham David C. Coleman
Ultimate solution for food production is only ZBNF method ! Chemical fertilizers and pesticides increases productivity initially and gradually productivity starts diminishing because soil loses its own nutritional quality because of external application continuously used specially on hybrid Crips . See Nature works in a sustainable way each leaf in a plant produces 4.5 grams of sugar, in that 25℅is given back to soil for soil microbes, remaining sugar is used by plant for its own growth, fruits and storing left over in its branches . But when hybrid crops are sowed even that 25℅ of sugar which is for soil microbes is taken and given to plant for more fruit and grain production in that way depriving microbes of their share . When this starts happening all this soil micro organisms deprived of sugar will go deeper into soil and will be in hibernation, then soil looses its fertility gradually, for that you have to go on increasing fertilisers to balance it which gradually goes on increasing chemicals on soil surface and makes them un cultivable and unproductive land. In India the food we are consuming is more chemicals than Nutrition. Only Sustainable and Nature Friendly Farming can support this vast requirements of grains, which supports Soil microbes there by land which is arid and un cultivable will become more Fertile .
Cowdung or any dung is the best fertiliser. Dead bodies, practically of dead animals are also best fertilisers. Jaggery, besan flour is unnatural and by common sense, unnatural idea. Dont go by individiual experiments. Reaso prevails over non sense. Something edible like jaggery and basan floor, better used humans or animals.
Why we should bother. Agricultural economy is not required. We can import agricultural products fro. Other countries. Build smart cities for which rich tycoons are ready. Poor people will die and reduce population. Jai Hind.
We bhartiya needs to U turn to original vedic farming with Gov mata and joint family base farming. This will bring us back to vedic culture and eco system and we will become real freedom bhartiya.
What is the Solution?? Should we continue the same Chemical Farming which benefits Corporates, Businessman and Politicians by killing whoever consumes the food cultivated via Chemical Farming??
Where are we heading? Are the same 67 group of former officials and scientists who oppose ZBNF, are prepared to say the use of fertilisers and pesticides by the farmers are beneficial for them? . Even with the use of fertilisers, where is the yield? So if the yields are poor with cow dung and urine, be it so. At least diseases will not affect the consumers.
Natural Farming is the best and yields also be good if properly researched in the subject. How much spent on research? Simple we can’t refuse the great Indian system of farming and it’s benefits.
Fully agree with Sandeep – organic farming is much more sustainable and works in the long-run! We need good quality food, but not more food which leads to obesity and all sort of diseases.
The paper of the honorable retired officials seems also ( a bit..) biased and claims wrong numbers of very low nitrogen content – just wonder who financed this study?
It is most amazing to see that 62 serving and former government officials, agriculture scientists and academics from the sector coming together to rubbish a method of cultivation. Indian agriculture would have become better if they had done the same with so-called Green Revolution technologies. These 62 have not come together before, and how they came together now and what motivated them to come together. Their credibility would increase if they evaluate other methods that are thrust on the marginal farmers of India. Will they do?
Sure !!! Always question their intent when you cannot answer their arguments. The fact is – we desperately need to modernise our agriculture to increase productivity. One can only do it through proper research and development, and not through myths and half-baked techniques which would be disastrous.
The scientists have told half baked results here.
The fact of using jeevamruta innoculation / ghanajeevamruta is not for fixing nitrogen. If they have not understood this basic difference then all their test results are failure.
They need to visit the farmers to identify the right results.
And R&D has landed us to this mass production soup where every day you and I are have more pills than food.
With all the first hand experience I can proudly say that “the environmental economics” has increased and also the earth worm population.
It’s better to move towards organic farming rather than continue with present use of chemical fertilizer which has contaminated the water table & has increased Cancer disease across the length & breadth of India.cancer was a rare disease 50 years back but now in every family there is one death from cancer.
Performing alternative agriculture: Critique and recuperation in Zero Budget Natural Farming, South India
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330492195_Performing_alternative_agriculture_Critique_and_recuperation_in_Zero_Budget_Natural_Farming_South_India
Please send this to the Indian Scientist forum – this is what they should be doing. Point out the illogical parts and show the parts that helps the farmers rather than taking a political stand.
It is not a myth or without scientific basis. ZBNF is a regenerative agriculture paradigm tailored for India. Even chemical agricultural scientist would agree that in forest soils with trees with deep roots, you don’t need any chemicals for cultivation. ZBNF is in fact a bio-mimicry technique to emulate a forest environment with the multi layer plants and trees with the application of a bio fertilizer (jeevamrutham).
And there is science behind it as well with several published papers on regenerative agriculture. The landmark paper on how things work in the soil is the one below. There are more – the scientists should know how to search those. Please forward it to the “scientists” who are making crying hoax over ZBNF. They should go research about it and help our farmers get out of chemical farming.
Interactions of Bacteria, Fungi, and their Nematode Grazers: Effects on Nutrient Cycling and Plant Growth
Russell E. Ingham J. A. Trofymow Elaine R. Ingham David C. Coleman
https://doi.org/10.2307/1942528
Ultimate solution for food production is only ZBNF method ! Chemical fertilizers and pesticides increases productivity initially and gradually productivity starts diminishing because soil loses its own nutritional quality because of external application continuously used specially on hybrid Crips . See Nature works in a sustainable way each leaf in a plant produces 4.5 grams of sugar, in that 25℅is given back to soil for soil microbes, remaining sugar is used by plant for its own growth, fruits and storing left over in its branches . But when hybrid crops are sowed even that 25℅ of sugar which is for soil microbes is taken and given to plant for more fruit and grain production in that way depriving microbes of their share . When this starts happening all this soil micro organisms deprived of sugar will go deeper into soil and will be in hibernation, then soil looses its fertility gradually, for that you have to go on increasing fertilisers to balance it which gradually goes on increasing chemicals on soil surface and makes them un cultivable and unproductive land. In India the food we are consuming is more chemicals than Nutrition. Only Sustainable and Nature Friendly Farming can support this vast requirements of grains, which supports Soil microbes there by land which is arid and un cultivable will become more Fertile .
Cowdung or any dung is the best fertiliser. Dead bodies, practically of dead animals are also best fertilisers. Jaggery, besan flour is unnatural and by common sense, unnatural idea. Dont go by individiual experiments. Reaso prevails over non sense. Something edible like jaggery and basan floor, better used humans or animals.
They are worried about kickbacks from fertilizer companies. If everyone goes with ZBNF. Got used for so long. They can’t digest govt going with ZBNF
Why we should bother. Agricultural economy is not required. We can import agricultural products fro. Other countries. Build smart cities for which rich tycoons are ready. Poor people will die and reduce population. Jai Hind.
We bhartiya needs to U turn to original vedic farming with Gov mata and joint family base farming. This will bring us back to vedic culture and eco system and we will become real freedom bhartiya.
What is the Solution?? Should we continue the same Chemical Farming which benefits Corporates, Businessman and Politicians by killing whoever consumes the food cultivated via Chemical Farming??
Where are we heading? Are the same 67 group of former officials and scientists who oppose ZBNF, are prepared to say the use of fertilisers and pesticides by the farmers are beneficial for them? . Even with the use of fertilisers, where is the yield? So if the yields are poor with cow dung and urine, be it so. At least diseases will not affect the consumers.
Natural Farming is the best and yields also be good if properly researched in the subject. How much spent on research? Simple we can’t refuse the great Indian system of farming and it’s benefits.
हे कृषि तज्ञ बिकाऊ ।
हे गौ संगोपन वाढवित नाहीत ।
पन जैविक शेती वर आक्रमण।
जात्ति वादा च्या भांडण त पड़त नाहीत।
Fully agree with Sandeep – organic farming is much more sustainable and works in the long-run! We need good quality food, but not more food which leads to obesity and all sort of diseases.
The paper of the honorable retired officials seems also ( a bit..) biased and claims wrong numbers of very low nitrogen content – just wonder who financed this study?
It is most amazing to see that 62 serving and former government officials, agriculture scientists and academics from the sector coming together to rubbish a method of cultivation. Indian agriculture would have become better if they had done the same with so-called Green Revolution technologies. These 62 have not come together before, and how they came together now and what motivated them to come together. Their credibility would increase if they evaluate other methods that are thrust on the marginal farmers of India. Will they do?
Sure !!! Always question their intent when you cannot answer their arguments. The fact is – we desperately need to modernise our agriculture to increase productivity. One can only do it through proper research and development, and not through myths and half-baked techniques which would be disastrous.
The scientists have told half baked results here.
The fact of using jeevamruta innoculation / ghanajeevamruta is not for fixing nitrogen. If they have not understood this basic difference then all their test results are failure.
They need to visit the farmers to identify the right results.
And R&D has landed us to this mass production soup where every day you and I are have more pills than food.
With all the first hand experience I can proudly say that “the environmental economics” has increased and also the earth worm population.
It’s better to move towards organic farming rather than continue with present use of chemical fertilizer which has contaminated the water table & has increased Cancer disease across the length & breadth of India.cancer was a rare disease 50 years back but now in every family there is one death from cancer.