- Definition: Natural farming is a system where laws of nature are applied to agricultural practices.
- ZBNF means farming without using any credit and without spending any money on purchased inputs.
- It works along with natural biodiversity, encouraging living organisms to thrive.
- How it Works:
- Based on stimulation of microbial activity in the soil.
- Achieved by applying bacterial culture from fermented cow dung and urine.
- Plants get 98% nutrients from air, water, sunlight; 2% from good soil microbes.
- Uses “four wheels of ZBNF”: Bijamrit, Jivamrit, Mulching, Waaphasa.
- Encourages multi-cropping.
- Requires cow dung and urine from Indian breed cows.