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BW Businessworld The importance given to this form of agriculture has a strong rationale behind it. Photo Credit : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman first mentioned Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) in the budget of 2019-20. Since then, it has become a buzzword in Indian agriculture. Supporting the government initiative on natural farming, NITI Ayog s Vice Chairman, Rajiv Kumar tweeted in support of the farming practice. This idea was further reiterated in February during the budget speech of 2020. It thus holds relevance for Indian farmers and its citizens as a whole. ZBNF was originally promoted by agriculturist Subhash Palekar, who developed it in the mid-1990s. It is an environment friendly substitute for the chemical fertilizer driven Green Revolution of the 1907s and 80s. It is basically a form of agriculture that uses natural pesticides instead of chemical pesticides. The farmers will use earthworms, cow dung, plants, excreta, etc. The farmers need not purchase fertili

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