- Permaculture:
- A whole design philosophy for sustainable living systems.
- Focuses on creating ecologically harmonious, efficient, and productive systems.
- Aims for long-term sustainability by cooperating with nature.
- Organic Farming:
- Relies on techniques like crop rotation, green manure, biological pest control.
- Aims to keep soil alive and healthy using organic wastes and bio-fertilizers.
- Focuses on producing food without chemical pesticides/fertilizers.
- ZBNF (Zero Budget Natural Farming):
- Farming without credit or purchased inputs, using natural methods.
- Based on stimulating microbial activity in soil with cow dung/urine.
- Aims to end reliance on loans and drastically cut production costs.
- All three aim for sustainability, but permaculture is a broader design philosophy for living systems, while organic and ZBNF are specific farming methods.