The Lazy Farmer's Guide to Improving Crop Yields

Model:
AMRUT MITTI,
AMRUT JAL
A Solution Based on
Diverse Agro- Ecological (DAE)

RICH BIODIVERSITY IN NATURE
BUT LOW PRODUCTIVITY

MORE WATER - REDUCE YIELD
& INCREASE DISEASE

‘PARAGON OF
PROSPERITY’
KRUSHI TEERTH.
BAJWADA - MP
Bajwada
Devas Dist

50 years old tree converted into
5 years young with more productivity.

• Millet
• Jowar
17 Feet
hight
Rich in nutrition
more biomass
Feeds birds, animals,
human and earth for
Future generation.

Abundant fruits
Moosambi
Rich in nutrition

Ambadi
Thridosh
Nashak
(Ayurvedic
Herb)

White
Pumpkin
100
Tonnes/
Acre

Bottle
guard
100-120
Tons/acre
with
Vitamin
B12

Man made
Productive
Bio diversity

6700 Teaks
Suffered from Termite attack-
Cured without killing insects
By Amrit Mitty.

• Grapes 16 tons/acre
• Sugar cane 100 tons/acre
• Mango
• Rice 40 quintals/acre
• Banana 40 kg/plant
• All Millets
• Chilli
• Tomato 120tons/acre
• Ginger
• Pappaya 150 kg/plant
• Turmeric 40 tons/acre
Topers in Maharashtra-
various crops are below.

Pioneer of
Terrace
Farming -
Dhabolkar

Mumbai
Port Trust-
Priti Patil
150
Varieties
On 3000
sqft

Mumbai
Port Trust-
Priti Patil

Crisis in the Climate, Health / Nutrition
& Food Security
Breakdown / Disharmony / Violence in Relationship
between Man & Nature
Crisis in Agriculture
Lost harmonious relationship with Sunlight, Microbes, Soil, other
Ecosystem Services like Insects Pollinating, Weeds & We do not
see them as organic and contributors.
From natural diversity, we have moved
to monoculture.

Crisis of the Producer
• The producers (farmers) who make up 50%
of population are suffering
• Producers also are forcibly made a consumer
by having to buy from the market instead from
a neighboring farmer itself, and suffering happens
at multiple levels. (having to sell at minimum price
but purchase at maximum price)

Disillusionment of Rural Youth
• Farming appears as a loosing proposition with
increasing input costs of fertilisers, pesticides,
labour, power, fuel etc.
• Insecure future with vagaries of climate
& market situations
• Reduced land holdings
• Increasing poverty, distress and suicides

Indian Soil Deficiency Scenario
Reference: Efficient Management of Micronutrients in Rice
K. V. Rao, Principal Scientist (Soil Science), Directorate of Rice Research

Nutrition Deficiency Scenario
(PER 100 GRAMS)
Year
1914 1992
Cabbage
Calcium 248.00 mg 47.00 mg
Magnesium 66.00 mg 15.00 mg
Iron 1.50 mg 0.59 mg
Lettuce
Iron 94.00 mg 10.50 mg
Spinach
Iron 64.00 mg 2.70 mg

NATUECO SCIENCE
(Nature Friendly Eco-Service)
A way of Farming to meet human needs
and to Enhance Agro – Ecology.
‘Move from Encroachment & Encashment to
Enrichment & Enhancement’

NATUECO Science –
Overcoming the Crisis & Much more…
•Increasing farm produce
•Balanced Nutrition
•Food Security & Fulfilment of Family Needs First
•Holistic approach towards cow
•Local seeds security
•Manure self sufficiency from farm it self

NATUECO Science-
Overcoming the Crisis & Much more…
•Water self sufficiency (Rain water harvesting)
•Energy self sufficiency
•Integrated Multi layer, multicrop farming system
•Market-less distribution

Prayog Pariwar &
Natueco Science
• Evolved by Scientist Late Shri Sripad Dabholkar (1924 – 2001)
• Father of Maharashtra’s Grape Revolution in ‘60’s
• Author of ‘Plenty for All’ which explains Natueco Science and
Prayog Parivar Methodology.
• Natueco is about living a rich life with ease, grace and dignity.
• Natueco promises “Plenty for All” through Resource Literacy.
• Vishwam Pushtam Grame Asmin Anaturam

Observe, understand, honour & fulfil:
• Nature Friendly conditions
• Plant friendly conditions to fulfill Human friendly
needs from within neighborhood resources
Approach of
Natueco

• Harvest Daily Solar Energy
• Canopy Management
• Effective Root development
• Fertile Living Soil
• Moisture Retention Capacity of the Soil and Creating
Micro Climate
5 Pillars of
Natueco

• Balanced Resource network leads to
primary productivity.
• Enriches and enhances Ecosystem symbiotically
and in turn helps human beings to prosper.
• Maximizes recycling of farm residues and minimizes
use of water.
Balanced networking of
Resources

• Our philosophy ‘Vasudev Kutumbakam is possible
only with Biodiversity giving strength to maintain
Joint-Family Culture.
• Based on Science of Co-existence : Creating Biodiversity,
results in self balancing system with no need for
pesticides, not even organic.
• Reduces field temperature by 7 degree by micro-climate
control through multi-tier canopy and live fencing.
Biodiversity

‘No Wasteland and Wastemind anywhere on this Earth’
Through Resource Literacy Mission
Networking of Local Neighbourhood Resources with
best of latest scientific knowledge, demystified and
in local idioms, as open source.
Move towards truly a Natural Resource Conscious
demonetised society, using “Energy Exchange Metric”
Goal of
Natueco
Science

Raise the knowledge level and esteem of farmers,
higher than other respected professions.
To empower farmers to produce & provide nutritionally
holistic balanced diet at appropriate value to the society.
Natueco Farming & P. P. Knowledge Networks make this
possible through peer venture networks.
Provides nutritional, sustenance security while offering
entrepreneurship for sustainable growth.
Goal of
Natueco
Science

Demystification of Science-
Plant Physiology
• New insights in plant physiology will increase every
successive produce and obtain higher yields than
previous harvest
• By proper pruning you can manage higher yield
• Keeping proper distance you can reduce quantity of
seeds and get higher yield
• 2 Kg seeds will give 30 quintal yield of wheat
• Just 30 Kg seeds @ distance 9' X 6' will get 100 tons
Sugarcane with 17% of Sugar

• New insights in Plant physiology will increase
every successive produce and obtain higher
yields than previous harvest
• 2 Kg seeds will give 30 quintal yield of Wheat

• New insights in Plant physiology will increase
every successive produce and obtain higher yields
than previous harvest
• 2 Kg seeds will give 30 quintal yield of Wheat

Plant’s Chemistry
• By knowing plant chemistry farmers will shift
to Agro Ecological farming
• Multi-tier farming as farming will become net working
of Sunlight instead of farming from the land.
• Will increase nutritional value of the produce leading
to food security as less quantity will be needed to
feed the world.

• To Increase the density
• To increase canopy
• To increase diameter
• To increase weight
• To increase the
production
Pruned Pappaya

Four Agriculturally beneficial micro-organisms :
1. Nitrogen fixing bacteria
2. Phosphate solubilizing bacteria
3. Disease-producing-fungus destroying bacteria
4. Agri-waste decomposing bacteria
WHAT MAKES
AMRUT MITTI SPECIAL?

Plant Biology-Harmonic
Co-existence
• Will take care of microbes and develop Humus in the soil
leading to increased water holding capacity.
• Leading to disease less crops and more nutrition.
• Surplus water will be available for drinking or more land
can be cultivated.
• Will increase the vital energy in the plant, producing vital
food for Human beings and no diseases to any one.

Plant Biology- Harmonic
Co-existence
• With more nutritional value in the food,
the consumption will reduce, thereby
solving the problem of food scarcity.
• Farming is a Conscious Science Leading
Humanity In the direction of inclusive
Spiritual values.

Precision of
Natueco Science
• Methods to develop keen observation, critical
experiments to achieve Assured, Calculated and
Record yields and productivity in all types of crops.
• When shifting from chemical to Natueco farming,
the very first produce is chemical free with higher
production!
• Increased nutritional levels in food

AMRUT JAL
A solution of Water, Jaggery,
cow dung and cow urine
containes crores of diverse
hermetic microorganisms.
The chemical elements
present in Amrut Jal make
the soil fertile and help the
micro-organisms to increase
the chemical and physical
properties of the soil.

AMRUT MITTI MAKING
Amrut Mitti is a soil
prepared from biomass,
Amrut Jal and soil. It is a
soil that contains all the
essential elements that
are needed by a plant
for its growth and
development.
It consists of 50% of
biomass and 50% of
activated mineral top soil.

Amrut Mitti - heaps
in the Farm

Lab Results
• Highest : Organic Carbon 8.4% (ICAR)
• Highest : Microbial Culture 1 Million/gm (ICRISAT)
• Highest : Protein, Calcium, Iron Vitamin C &
mainly Vitamin B12 in every farm produce.
• Highest Water Holding Capacity of the Soil.
• Highest shelf life of fruits/ vegetables.
• Increased taste and flavor /smell.

Comparative Nutritional Values
Moringa Leaves Results
Sr.No. Parameter Unit Method
KrushiTeerth NIN USDA
i.
Protein g/100g IS7219: 1973, Reaffirmed2010 12.4 7 9.4
i.
Minerals
*Potassium(asK) mg/100g AOAC,19th Ed.,2012,Method no.956.01,Ch-3,Page
no.13
4151 260
337
ii.
*Phosphorus(asP) mg/100g AOAC,19th Ed.,2012, Method no.986.24,Ch-50,Page
no.13
12215 70
112
iii.
Calcium(asCa) mg/100g AOAC,19th Ed.,2012, Method no.944.03,Ch-32,Page
no.4
544 440
185
iv.
Manganese(asMn) mg/100g AOAC,19thEd.,2012, Method no.984.27, Ch-50,Page
no.17
6.5
42
v.
Iron (asFe) mg/100g AOAC,19th Ed.,2012, Method no.984.27,Ch-50,Page
no.17
24.2 0.85
4
vi.
Sodium(asNa) mg/100g AOAC,19th Ed.,2012, Method no956.01 92 8.1 9
i.
Vitamins
VitaminB12 mg/100g WI/SAP-HPLC/5/6 1 0
ii.
Vitamin C(Ascorbic
Acid)
mg/100g AOAC,19th Ed.,2012,Method no.985.33,Ch-50,Page
no.11
293 220
51.7

BottleGourd Results
Sr.
No. Parameter Unit Method
KrushiTeerth Market NIN USDA
i
Protein g/100g IS7219: 1973, Reaffirmed2010 7.81 1.44 NA NA
i.
Minera
l s
Potassium(asK) mg/100g AOAC,19th Ed.,2012,Method no.956.01,Ch-3,Page
no.13
166 NA 87
150
ii.
*Magnesium(asMg) mg/100g AOAC,19th Ed.,2012, Method no.984.27,Ch-
50,Page no.17
12 NA NA
11
iii.
Calcium(asCa) mg/100g AOAC,18th Ed.,2005,Rev.3,2010, Method
no.984.27
15 11.6 NA
NA
iv.
Phosphorus(asP) mg/100g AOAC,19th Ed.,2012, Method no.986.24,Ch-
50,Page no.13
32 NA 10
13
v.
Iron (asFe) mg/100g AOAC,18th Ed.,2005,Rev.3,2010, Method
no.984.27
1 NA NA
NA
i. Vitami
n s
VitaminB12 mg/100g WI/SAP-HPLC/5/6 3 BDL* NA 0
ii.
Vitamin C(Ascorbic
Acid)
mg/100g AOAC,19th Ed.,2012,Method no.985.33,Ch-50,
Pageno.11
293 NA 220
51.7
•BDL = Below Detection Limit
•NA = Not Available
Comparative Nutritional Values

Macronutrient content in Amrut Mitti, Farmer's soil and farm
soil of Bajwada, MP

Micronutrient content Amrut Mitti, Farmer's soil
and Orchard soil of Bajwada, MP

Micronutrient content Amrut Mitti, Farmer's
soil and Orchard soil of Bajwada, MP

“Some samples of this compost had up to 100
million plant-growth promoting bacteria
(Siderophore producers) in every gram of the
compost - highest ever measured in any compost
in our lab.”
- Late Dr. O. P. Rupela
Principal Scientist (Microbiology), ICRISAT, Patancheru, 502324

Crop yield by Natueco Farming
REGION CROP YIELD/ACRE
ARUNACHALAM RICE 40 Q
BAJWADA,MP WHEAT 30 Q
BAJWADA, MP TOMATO 120 MT
JAMNAGAR, GUJARAT GROUNDNUT 24 Q
BADKIHAL, KARNATAKA SUGARCANE 100 MT
NASIK, MAHARASHTRA GRAPE 16 TON
BAJWADA, MP POTATOES 40 TON

“The method is worth exploring further and
seems to have surprises for we scientists (plant
pathologists, entomologists, soil fertility experts,
agronomists, soil physics, crop physiologists,
environmental economists, and ---?).”
Principal Scientist (Microbiology), ICRISAT,
Patancheru, 502324

“I strongly recommend agricultural scientists and
policy makers to visit your farm to believe the
indicated level or productivity that has all potential
of feeding families of small-holder farmers owning
about 1 acre area and having access to 1,000 liter
water per day per 10 guntha.”
Patancheru, 502324

“I believe that if promoted strategically your
technology can potentially feed not only poor of
this country but of most developing countries.”
Patancheru, 502324

“The solution is to enrich our soils with organic
carbon and all the nutrients by practising Natueco-
farming and is possible to increase the food
production with no
dependency on synthetic fertilizers.”
S. K. Naik
Sr. Scientist (Soil Science), ICAR-RCER, RC, Plandu

• The Industrial Agriculture model, based on consumerism,
where growth is GDP statistics, is not making farmers healthy,
wealthy or happy.
• Time to consider alternative growth criteria like GNH ?
Gross National Happiness ? (like Bhutan)
• Natueco alternative fulfils GNH, where farming is a way
of life.
A life of happiness based on 5 L’s.
Living, Livelihood, Learning, Laughter & Love
at same place, same time, for ever for every one.
NATUECO VISION FOR INDIA

• A New Paradigm of Agriculture is needed
• Natueco Farming offers an alternative
• From ‘input based practises & mindsets’, which
perpetuate the pattern, to
• A Regenerative, Self Organizing System of farming
• Based on Emulating Nature’s Process
• Requiring minimal interventions

3 Initiatives to make Happy Farmers :
• 1 Guntha : Nutrition Security for Woman & Child
Ganga Maa Mandal in every village home, using wastewater
• 10 Guntha : Sustenance for basic needs of family Home garden
• 100 Guntha ( 1 Hectare ) : Livelihood & Resource Rich Farmer
Market Garden
• Terrace Farming, Urban Farms, Small & Marginal Land
and Large Land Holders.
Replicable Model-
in all types of soil

TEN
GUNTHA
OR 1/4TH
ACRE
MODEL

Main Road Main Road Main Road
PathwaysPathways
PondPond
Pond
Eco Tourism Cottages
Amrutjal
Tank Free
Working
WellArea
Cow & Fodder Shed
Godown
Free Space
UndergroundAmrutjalLine
LiveFencing
Trenches
LiveFencing
ONE HECTARE MODEL

Vision to Manifestation
• Double the production with increased nutritional products
• In this system each one can be Healthy, Prosperous and
can become a person having Inner Journey
• This can only come from being one with nature
• Nature Eco-friendly Science leads us to
Co - existence, Spirituality Enlightenment

Natueco can manifest the vision of our sages
“Viswam Pushtam Grame Asmin Anaturam”
Let all the abundance and fulfilment of the universe be in
our habitats.
To put agriculture back to the place that it rightly
belongs – As our culture.
Reinstate the farmer to his noble role as a mediator
between Nature & Human system, worthy of highest
respect for the only non-exploiting vocation.

SUCCESS STORIES –
Farmers successfully practicing
Natueco method
Rameshbhai Bhalodia – 250 Acres area, Morbi, Rajkot, Gujarat
Contact: 9824409643
Neetu Patel – 8000 Acres area through Stayam NGO at Rajkot, Junagarh,
Bhavnagar, Ghogha, Jasdan , Surendranagar, Morbi, Gujarat
Contact: 9825765619
Shyambhai - Approx 10 Acre Rajkot, Gujarat Contact: 9879500939
Prashant - 20 Acres area at Porbandar, Gujarat Contact: 9408728949
Nagesh Swami - Satara Maharashtra Contact: 9822848432
Suresh Desai – 6 Acres area at Bedkihal, Belgaon, Karnataka Contact: 9480448256
Priti Patil - Terrace Farming at Mumbai Contact: 9819197071
….to count a few

Government
Support- through
Policies
V

Adopt, Research & Promote 3 Tier models of 1G,
10G and 100G farming :
• Farmers grow for ‘Own needs’ of ‘Nutrition First’ –
1Guntha (1000 sq.ft.)
• ‘Food First’ – 10G ( 10,000 sq.ft.) Homestead for
family, then
• ‘Market Gardens’ of 100G (1 hectare) for progressive
needs from High Value crops & Energy crops

24/7 Direct Network access to final consumers
Outsourcing cash to cash cycles to take over risks and
responsibilities other than farm to professional agencies to
create linkages for Market Gardens.
Value addition & insurance of farm produce through Food
Processing Clusters with Solar powered drying,
dehydration, steam processing, distillation, cold storage
at village level.

• to obtain Assured, Calculated, Record yields in all crops
• Can make Agriculture most coveted, Smart vocation/Start-up
for Rural Youth to stop migration to cities.
• Natueco makes Small is beautiful, bountiful ! More viable than
centralised, input intensive farms.
• Precision Agriculture tools for Real time Diagnostics &
Monitoring with Natueco successful Field Practices in
Local Resource constraints

• to obtain Assured, Calculated, Record yields in all crops
• Can make Agriculture most coveted, Smart vocation/Start-up
for Rural Youth to stop migration to cities.
• Natueco makes Small is beautiful, bountiful ! More viable than
centralised, input intensive farms.
• Precision Agriculture tools for Real time Diagnostics &
Monitoring with Natueco successful Field Practices in Local
Resource constraints

• Promote Small, Intensive, Decentralized, low impact, highly
productive diverse, cultivation of small parcels of land.
• Initiate Re-search on using ‘Energy Equivalent Costs & Metric’
for accounting whole life cycle costs of farming, for true de-
monetisation and revaluation of Nature’s Resources
• Facilitate training of Natueco approach & methodology for
‘Regenerative Self-Organizing Soil Infrastructure’
• Support Master trainers for Natueco training programmes

Government Support to
Farmers – Financial
1.Provide Access to Land for 1G, 10G, 100G modules
2.Access to assured minimum water of 1000 mtrs/cu daily
3.Daily wage support for 150 days for soil building + 150 days first
crop cycle.
4. Food processing cluster for every village
5.Minimum Price Support MSP in case of crop failure proportionate
to Whole Plant Biomass Production as reward for Ecosystem
Services in enriching soil, preventing pollution

Government
SupportFinancial
1.Launch National Living Soil Mission program to include
everyone in this core agricultural infrastructure project, to enrich
soil profile of India permanently. Like National highways program
of 30kms./day, commit to create Living Soil Target 1 Cu ft/day
with financial incentives per cu.ft
2.Creation of Land Banks through CSR, Trusts and Corporations
can adopt vast barren lands and convert into fertile living soil in
150 days and return the enhanced land to farmers or forests
ushering Evergreen revolution.

1.Launch National Living Soil Mission program to include
everyone in this core agricultural infrastructure project, to enrich
soil profile of India permanently. Like National highways program
of 30kms./day, commit to create Living Soil Target 1 Cu ft/day
with financial incentives per cu.ft
2.Creation of Land Banks through CSR, Trusts and Corporations
can adopt vast barren lands and convert into fertile living soil in
150 days and return the enhanced land to farmers or forests
ushering Evergreen revolution.
Government
SupportFinancial

Government Support to Farmer
/ last person – Financial
1. Create incentives to become resource literate empowered
farmers who can harness directly free resources available
from nature namely sun, water, air, to create abundance with
knowledge inputs.
2. Knowledge can set free and empower them to move
from subsidies to be autonomous farmers
3. Healthy, wealthy, and happy farmers and Wise villages

Government Support
Infrastructure
•Provide pond, fencing, trenches and contouring of the land for
farmer to enable him to focus on soil enrichment instead of
worrying about the financial burden of building such structures in
lieu of waiving off loans every year.
•Buy failure crops and make Amrit Mitti out of the bio mass of such
failure crops and provide the same to the farmer

खेती पंचमहाभूत ं की उपासनाहै |
उपासना से उत्पन्न ह ती फसल प्रसादबन जाती है,और प्रसाद
बााँटा जाता है,बेचा नही |
जब ककसान उपासक बन जाएगा, फसल प्रसाद बन जाएगी|
उपभ गता भक्त बन जाएगा, कफर ककसान का घर स्वर्ण मंकदर बन
जाएगा और ना आपघात ह गा ना ग़रीबी और हमारा ये कृ षी प्रधान
देश कफर स ने की कचकिया बन जाएगा |
खेती उपासना है | -
Gandhiji

Publications and Media
1. Deepak Sachde.
Born in Mumbai. He lives with
his son Vatsal in Krishi Teerth,
on the banks of Narmada in
Bajwada, Madhya Pradesh.
He is a genius who introduced
valuable lessons on harvesting
energy from the Sun and
agriculture to the world.
He leads a sage like life by
devoting all his success to his
teacher S A Dabholkar.
‘Scientific Eco Friendly Farming’ Published in 2016

Venalppacha-Netueco farming is Included in the text book of
Sarva Siksha Abhiyan by the Kerala State Government
for the 7 th Standard Children

Documentary film ‘Feeding Roots’
(Film on Natueco Farming and Life Sketch of Deepak Suchde,
the proponent of the specific natural farming).

Deepak Suchde
Email: deepaksuchde@gmail.com
Website: www.beyondorganicfarming.in
www.amrutkrushi.com
Phone: +91-98260 54388, 93295 70960

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