While I was going through the web, I found a ton of information on zero budget natural farming, or zero budget spiritual farming, which was conceptualised and popularised by Padma Shri Subhash Palekar. He has a wealth of insight into this farming method and had written some amazing content on his website.
As of today, this appears to not be accessible to the public which is a shame as it probably is the most authentic information available to us on the internet.
I went back to the internet archives and have since downloaded a version of the entire website into a PDF, in hope that others might find it useful.
This is NOT MY CONTENT and I’m only making it available in hope that it’ll be useful to all of us.
Website Archive – Subhash Palekar on Zero Budget Spiritual Farming
The website had information on the following topics:
- About Me
- Mr.Subhash Palekar
- New Beginning
- The Truth About the Green Revolution
- What is this Zero Budget Spiritual Farming ?
- Thoughts on Organic Farming
- Is organic farming more dangerous?
- Destructor beast: EISENIA FOETIDA
- Is Eisenia Foetida an earthworm?
- Organic Farming is more Costlier
- The Four Wheel of ZBNF
- Bijamrita
- How to Prepare Bijamrita
- How to use Bijamrita
- Jiwamrita
- How to Prepare Jiwamrita
- Jiwamrita Application
- Jeevamrutha Spray
- Ghan-Jiwamrita
- Mulching
- Soil Mulching (Cultivation)
- Straw Mulching (Cultivation)
- Live Mulching (Symbiotic Intercrops & Mixed Crops)
- Waaphasa
- Bijamrita
- Insect & Pest Management
- Agniastra (Agni Missile)
- Brahmastra (Brahma Missile)
- Neemastra (Neem Missile)
I have also edited it a bit to suit this format.
I’m also writing an easy to start version of zero budget natural farming and you can read that here as well. To take a deep dive, take a look at the archive linked above which provides insights into the four wheels of ZBNF, how to make natural pesticides and insecticides and also contain some illustrations which seem to be done by hand.
Hope this helps!
-Rohit
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