Tag: natural farming

Jai Ram calls for adopting natural farming to save human, soil health

He was addressing the 5-day zero budget natural farming workshop at Kufri near Shimla by the State Agriculture Department under the guidance of Padam Sri Subash Palekar.

October 16, 2018

Separate ministry must for Himalayan states: Guv

He said that the issues and challenges of Himalayan region were totally different from the plain areas.

October 6, 2018

Kanda jail adopts zero budget natural farming

The two staff members from Kanda jail learnt the technology from Gurukul farm in Kurukshetra last month and passed it on to the inmates, who are farmers back home.

October 3, 2018

‘Natural wisdom can save agriculture’

The man who launched zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) in India, 69-year-old Subhash Palekar from Belora village in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region, has taken up the cause of spreading the concept as a viable and healthy alternative in agriculture. Palekar, who was awarded the Padma Shri, shed the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides and switched...

September 1, 2018

Naturally farmed apples ‘nutritious’

Padma Shri awardee Subhash Palekar says apples produced by natural farming have greater shelf life.

August 10, 2018

Himachal plans natural farming

Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday took a major initiative to work out action plan for spread of zero budget natural farming (ZBNF) in the hill state, with Governor, Acharya Devvrat playing the main motivator and originator of the concept, Padma Shi Subhash Palekar giving tips. More than 400 participants, including officials from agriculture and animal husbandry...

August 9, 2018

Need for education based on moral values: Jai Ram Thakur

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday said there was the need for providing education based on moral values and culture. While presiding over the Annual Gurukul Shiksha Utsav at Gurukul Kurukshetra in Haryana today, he said the institution was a fine example of how one can blend ancient system of education with the modern...

March 25, 2018

HP to emerge as model of natural farming: Guv

Himachal Governor Acharya Devvrat has said the state was taking revolutionary steps in the direction of natural farming and expressed the hope that it would soon emerge as the model in this regard for other states to follow. The Governor was the chief guest at a seminar on “Zero Budget Natural Farming” (ZNBF) organised by...

March 19, 2018

Good results from zero budget natural farming

Himachal Pradesh has shown encouraging signs of first harvest under Zero  Budget Natural farming at Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni. The scientists of UHF involved with the Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) trials had undertaken the first harvesting of the crop planted under this model. An official spokesperson of UHF...

March 11, 2018

HP needs to surpass Sikkim in natural farming: Thakur

Lauding Sikkim for taking the lead in organic farming, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Monday said Himachal Pradesh needs to surpass the state in zero budget natural farming instead of using insecticides and pesticides. He was speaking at Chaudhary Sarvan Kumar Agriculture University, Palampur in Kangra district after laying the foundation stone of the...

January 29, 2018