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1. INDIRA GANDHI KRISHI VISHWAVIDYALAYA
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE RAIPUR C.G.
SESSION– 2022-23
COURSE: AGRON 591MASTER’SSEMINAR(0+1)
TOPIC– NATURALFARMING
PRESENTEDTO
Dr. N. K. Choubey,
Department of Agronomy,
PREsentedBY
PRADEEP CHANDRAKAR
M.Sc(Ag)previousyear
2. NATURAL FARMING
Natural farming is an ecological farming approach
established by MASANOBU FUKUOKA (1913–2008),
a Japanese farmer and philosopher, introduced in his
1975 book The One-Straw Revolution.
Natural farming philosophy is working with nature to
produce healthy food, to keep ourselves healthy, and to
keep the land health.
NATURAL FARMING- no plowing , no tilting of soil and no
fertilizer ,and no weeding is done just the way it in natural
ecosystem .
It is known by various names like; Zero Budget Natural
Farming, Prakrithik Krishi, Cow Based Natural Farming,
Shashwat Kheti, Chemical Free Agriculture, et.
3. Concept of natural farming
• It is a diversified farming system that integrates
crops, trees and livestock, allowing the optimum use
of functional biodiversity.
• Natural Farming if done effectively enhances
farmers’ income while delivering many other
benefits, such as restoration of soil fertility and
environmental health, and mitigating and/or
reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
• Natural Farming builds on natural or ecological
processes that exist in or around farms
4. Benefits of Natural Farming
• Reduces cost of cultivation
• Reduces water requirement of crops
• Climate change resilient, reduces risks in farming
• Rejuvenation of farm lands
• Safe and healthy food for citizens
• Utilising the available cattle (Desi Cow) as
valuable resource
• Helps in arresting growing needs for fertilizer and
reduce subsidy burden
5. Agronomic Practices in Natural Farming
• Land Preparation
• Seed Selection
• PMDS (Pre Monsoon Dry Sowing)
• Crop Rotation
• Mulching
• Multiple Cropping
• Application of FYM & Other Concoctions
• Green Manuring
7. ORGANIC FARMING VS NATURAL FARMING
ORGANIC FARMING NATURAL FARMING
Organic fertilizers and manures like
compost, vermicompost and cow dung
manure are used .
natural farming, no chemical or organic
fertilizers are added to the soil. I
Organic farming still requires basic agro -
practices like ploughing , tilling, mixing of
manures, weeding, etc.
natural farming there no ploughing, no tilting
of soil and no fertilizers, and no weeding is
done just the way it would be in natural
ecosystem
Organic farming has an slight adverse
effect on the surrounding environment as
it involves intervening with the natural
processes.
natural farming does not have any effect on
the surrounding environment and it conforms
with local biodiversity.
8. Zero Budget natural farming
• The word 'budget' refers to credit and expenses, thus
the phrase 'Zero
• Budget' means without using any credit, and without
spending any
• money on purchased inputs.
• It is also called as “Low cost farming
• Father of zero budget natural
farming:“SUBASH PALEKAR
9. BENEFITS OF ZBNF
• Stimulate microbial activity to make nutrients
biologically available.
• Protect against Pathogens.
• Protects young roots from fungus and seed borne
or soil borne diseases.
• Produces Humus,Conserves top soil,increases
water retention,encourages soil fauna,prevents
weeds.
• Increase water availability, water use
efficiency,Increase resilience to drought
10. PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL FARMING
NATURAL INPUT :
Freely available resources in nature Non toxic production
LOW INPUT FARMING:
No use of chemicals and fertilizer
Promotes a natural catalyst of biological activity in the soil and
natural protection from diseases.
MELCHING : soil protection
Creates conductive environment for biological processes in the
soil
MULTI CROPPING:
Minimizes the risk of failure Continuity of income source
11. PREPARATION BIJAMRITA
Materials used:
20 litre Water,
5 Kg Local Cow Dung,
5 litre Local Cow Urine,
50 g Lime & small quantity of Soil from the bund of the farm.
• Hence under Natural Farming (Zero Budget Natural Farming)
the seeds are treated with the formulation made from cow
urine, cow dung and other locally available material which is
equally effective in checking seed borne diseases
12. FOUR WHEELS OF ZBNF
• BIJAMRITA: Seed Treatment using local cow dung and cow
urine
• JIWAMRITA :applying inoculation made of local cow dung and
cow urine without any fertilizers and pesticides
• Mulching: activities to ensure favorable micro climate in the
soil
• Waaphasa: soil aeration
13. JIWAMRITA
water -200 litres
Desi cow dung- 10 kg
Desi cow urine- 5-10
Jaggery – 2kg
Flour of any pulse- 2 kg
• ‘Jeevamrutha’ is to be provided once in a fortnight or at
leastonce in a month.
• It promotes immense biological activity in the soil and makes
the nutrients available to the crop.
• jeevamrutha / jiwamrita also help to prevent fungal and
bacterial plant diseases
14. MULCHING
• this favorable microclimate the temperature of the soil should
be in the range of 25 to 32 °C with 65 to 72 % moisture,
darkness and moisture, darkness and warmth
• When we much mulch the soil, this microclimate is created
automatically.
• There are three types of Mulching:
Soil Mulching
Straw Mulching
Live Mulching
15. WAAPHASA (SOIL AERATION)
• If there is Waaphasa in the soil, the water is life.
• If there is no Waaphasa in the soil, water is death of the plant
and soil biota.
• In one sentence, shortly, the Waaphasa means the mixture of
50 % air and 50 % water vapours in the cavities between two
soil particles
• Most of the micro – organisms and root hair (which absorb
water and nutrients) are active in the top 10 – 15 cm of soil
layer and it is important to maintain Waaphasa in that zone of
soil
