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No data to justify, is Zero Budget Natural Farming a flawed concept? -Lola Nayar

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Experts say Zero Budget Natural Farming defies logic that it will involve no financial cost. Imbalance between yield and price could even lead to food shortage in future

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* Zero-budget natural farming relies on savings on chemical inputs like fertilisers and insecticides

* As health consciousness grows, there’s a demand for natural/organic produce

* ZBNF relies on cow dung and urine for seed treatment, improving yield

* Scientists fear ZBNF may lead to drop in food production

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First, it’s a misnomer. There is no such thing as zero-budget natural farming (ZBNF), although its the next big government push in the farm sector. What has been plied around as chemical-free, org­anic farming cohabits with the “back-to-basics” approach of some Indian agiculturists. This system involves using dung and urine of cows, jaggery, pulses-flour and neem as fertiliser and insecticide. Then again, only dung/urine of cows of Indian breeds will produce des­ired results, they say.

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