- Principles:
- Soil has all nutrients plants need; microorganisms make them available.
- Farming with Nature and without chemicals.
- Aims to end reliance on loans and cut production costs.
- Practices (Four Wheels of ZBNF):
- Bijamrit: Microbial coating of seeds with cow urine and cow dung formulations.
- Jivamrit (Jeevamrutha): Enhancement of soil microbes using inoculum of cow dung, cow urine, and jaggery.
- Mulching: Covering soil with crops or crop residues to create humus and encourage microbes.
- Waaphasa: Building up soil humus to increase soil aeration.
- Other Practices: Multi-cropping encouraged, no ploughing, no tilling, no weeding.