Organic Farming
The word
that is most discussed in the budget of 2019-20 is zero budget farming. Zero
budget or zero cost farming. In the budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
said that the government will promote zero budget farming. Earlier, the new
government had talked about promoting the development of Subhash Palekar, the
father of zero budget farming.
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| Subhash Palekar |
Know who Subhash Palekar is and what his zero budget natural
farming is
Subhash
Palekar is discussed today from the agricultural universities of the country
and abroad. A few years ago no one could think that without buying any goods
from the market and without cost, farmers can earn more profit from their
farming? Subhash Palekar has shown this by doing this. Originally from
Amravati district of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, Subhash Palekar is
called the father of zero cost agriculture in the country. He is in Lucknow to
train farmers. Talking to the village connection, Subhash Palekar said,
"After completing his Bachelor of Agriculture, he farmed as a farmer in
his village from 1973 to 1985, but did not increase production even after doing
modern and chemical farming. Then there was a worry. ”Subhash Palekar
says that when production did not increase even after putting enough input in
the field, he asked his agricultural teacher to diagnose it. Put increasing
told to stay. After this, he went to the jungles to solve it. Going into the
forest, a question arose in his mind that green forests are standing without
human help, who is putting chemical fertilizer to nourish them here? When they
cannot stand without chemical fertilizer, then why not our farm? Based on this,
I started research on farming without cost.
Subhash
Palekar said that
after 15 years of intensive research, he had developed a method, which was
named zero cost natural agriculture. He started training farmers to propagate
this method. He said that for the last 20 years, he has not only been training
in the cultivation of zero cost natural agriculture, not only in the country
but also abroad. Today, by adopting this method, millions are earning profits
by increasing their income from farming without cost.
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| Subhash Palekar 5 layer model |
Giving this contribution
of Subhash Palekar in the country's agriculture, the Government of India
honored him with the Padma Shri in 2016. The Chandrababu Naidu government of
Andhra Pradesh has made him the agricultural advisor of his state and has also
announced the creation of a zero cost natural agricultural university.
Recognized
as an agricultural sage among farmers, Subhash Palekar spends most of his time
in farmers' training camps. The most important thing is that he gives free
training to the farmers. Subhash Palekar is an agricultural scientist as well
as editor. He has also edited the agricultural journal from 1996 to 1998. He
has also written more than 15 books in many languages including Hindi,
English and Marathi. Students of IIT Delhi are also doing research on
“Jeevamrit”, a geo-nutrient developed by Subhash Palekar. Listening to
Subhash Palekar and watching his videos on YouTube, a large number of youth are
leaving their careers and returning to farming.
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| Subhash Palekar workshop |
Modi government's ZERO budget farming
On 5 July
2019, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first budget of Narendra
Modi Government 2.0. In the budget speech, Nirmala Sitharaman announced
several steps to improve the economic condition of the farmers. In which he
said about Zero Budget Farming. In such a situation, let us know what the
benefit of zero budget farming and farmers is.
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First of
all, let us tell you, Zero Budget Farming does not use any modern measures like
pesticides, chemical fertilizers and hybrid seeds. This type of farming is done
entirely with natural resources.
The purpose
of zero budget farming is to get the farmers out of the debt trap. Where
farmers find themselves trapped. Simultaneously, it is also an attempt to make
small scale farming a viable business.
Let me tell
you, in many states, farmers are in huge debt due to rising agricultural costs
due to expensive seeds, and inaccessible markets. They will benefit from doing
this kind of farming.
With zero
budget farming, farmers use manure and other things made by them. In which
there is no need to use any kind of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. At the
same time, whatever crop is grown with this technique is very beneficial for
health because no chemical substances are used to grow it.
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| Subhash Palekar training |
Farmers will get this benefit from zero budget farming
- Zero budget farming is completely
natural farming. Whatever farmers use this technique in farming, they do not
need any kind of chemical materials.
- Due to which it takes less time to do
farming. At the same time, due to less cost, farmers get more profit on crops.
Increase in crop yield
Crops yield
is very good with zero budget farming. If you think that this technique reduces
the yield of crops in farming, then it is not so at all.
In Zero
Budget farming, all the work of irrigation, plowing and plowing is done with
the help of oxen. Because of which it does not require any type of diesel or
fuel vehicles, which saves a lot.
How Zero Budget Farming Started in India
The first
Zero Budget farming in India was first started from Karnataka state of South
India. After which, this farming gradually became famous among the farmers of
other states.
This farming
was started in the state of Karnataka by Subhash Palekar in association
with the State Farmers of La via Campesina.
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| Subhash Palekar books |
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