PranavaFarms-ZBNF

Our farm was started in 2003 and the mission of our farm was to create a sustainable, ecofriendly farm. Since 2004 we practise Subash Palekar ZBNF

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Every creature in Nature has a role in existence, in Natural Farming, there is no concept of pests or pest management. Nature creates only insects,with specific role in the ecosystem of the planet. So,pests were not created to harass humans beings
#scienceVsNature
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Humans are at a crossroad where soil is almost treated like a non living mineral content. We forget the hundred million bacteria, molds, diatoms, yeasts, fungus and other microbes that live in one gram of our topsoil.

#scienceVsNature
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Scientists totally ignore the relationship between fertilizers and soil microbes. Very little research has been done so far.

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ZBNF - ecological benefits 3
In ZBNF five layer model water consumption is reduced by 90% by adopting trench and mulch and alternate row watering. In today's world where we are trying by all means to save water, what better farming practise can we adopt, then ZBNF

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ZBNF - economic benefits 1
None or very minimal external inputs
Most of inputs found in farmer fields or can be bought for minimal cost
No need for Farm Yard Manure or Vermicompost brings down input cost by 40%
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ZBNF - ecological benefits 2
No Farm Yard Manure or Vermicompost are used, means no release of volatile carbon into atmosphere.

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ZBNF - ecological benefits 1
Carbon Sequestration. Eg; 33 coconut trees in 36x36 coconut model vs. 1122 trees in ZBNF coconut model. Ration of trees in traditional vs. ZBNF five layer model is 1608 #spnfkarnataka #zbnfkarnataka

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Sustainability in farming is possible when we work with nature rather than against it which means chose crops adaptable to your agro climatic zone, sow the right crops in the right season...this leads to less pest management and better yields

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Our farm practices adopt Subash Palekar's Natural Farming <SPNF>, formely known as Zero Budget Natural Farming <ZBNF>

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Diversity is the SOUL of nature. In our farm we focus on diversity of crops, which makes farming so much easier in pest management, better yields and soil health.