ZBNF Paderu, Landscape analysis

Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is a scalable model of low-input/high output agriculture that eliminates the use of synthetic external inputs by utilizing local farm-based inputs and regenerates soil health.

Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) has spread to various states in India and has attained wide success in southern India, especially the southern Indian state of Karnataka where it first evolved. A rough estimation for just Karnataka puts the figure there at around 100,000 farmer families1 , while at the national level, ZBNF leaders claim that numbers could run into millions. ZBNF inspires a spirit of volunteerism among its peasant farmer members, who are the main protagonists of the movement.